Fragments - Lines 0173 - 0178 Poem by Theognis
Fragments - Lines 0173 - 0178
Rating: ★2.7
Of all things it is poverty that most subdues a noble man,
More even than hoary old age, Kyrnos, or fever;
Indeed, to avoid it one should even throw oneself into the sea's
Deep gulfs, Kyrnos, or off sheer cliffs.
For the man subdued by poverty can neither say
Nor do anything, because his tongue is tied.
Thursday, January 1, 2004
Topic(s) of this poem: poverty,sea
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