Studies in Theognis, Together With a Text of the Poems
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Suffice it to say that these words have not lost their moral significance in Theognis. It is a mistake to treat them as denoting no more than political or social distinctions. When Theognis applies dyad6<;, aperrj and the like to men of high birth, like a true aristocrat he credits his class with superior moral worth. If dyaOoi is to be taken as the nafne of a class, then in — 2 for instance are a play upon words, and one which Theognis repeats an intolerable number of times. In countless cases it is clear that these words have a purely moral significance, for instance in 579 and in 435 — 8. On Welcker's theory 435 — 8 should mean : " If wisdom could be made and inserted in a man, no nobleman would ever have a commoner for his son ; but no teaching will turn a commoner into a nobleman." Thus Welcker's objection to 1059 — 62 falls to the ground. The first couplet might stand by itself but it would be very weak ; while the addition of the second makes a complete poem quite in the manner of Theognis.
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Suffice it to say that these words have not lost their moral significance in Theognis. It is a mistake to treat them as denoting no more than political or social distinctions. When Theognis applies dyad6<;, aperrj and the like to men of high birth, like a true aristocrat he credits his class with superior moral worth. If dyaOoi is to be taken as the nafne of a class, then in — 2 for instance are a play upon words, and one which Theognis repeats an intolerable number of times. In countless cases it is clear that these words have a purely moral significance, for instance in 579 and in 435 — 8. On Welcker's theory 435 — 8 should mean : " If wisdom could be made and inserted in a man, no nobleman would ever have a commoner for his son ; but no teaching will turn a commoner into a nobleman." Thus Welcker's objection to 1059 — 62 falls to the ground. The first couplet might stand by itself but it would be very weak ; while the addition of the second makes a complete poem quite in the manner of Theognis.
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