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THEOGNIS.

CHAPTEE I. THEOGNIS IN YOUTH AND PROSPERITY. WITH the life of Hesiod politics have little or no con- 1 nection ; in that of Theognis we find them playing an [ essential inseparable part. And it is curious that the very feature which both poets have in common, their subjectivity, is that which introduces us to this point of contrast and token of the ancient world's advancement namely, that whereas Hesiod' s political status is so unimportant as to be overlooked even by himself, with Theognis it occupies more space in his elegies than his social relations or his religious opinions. In fact, his personal and political life are so intermixed, that the internal evidence as to both must be collected in one] skein, and cannot be separately unwound, unless at the risk of missing somewhat of the interest of his remains, which consists chiefly in the personality of the poet. It is true that later Greek writers regarded Theognis A. c. vol. xv. i

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