Theognis
historical figure · 5 works · 10 mentions · 14 anchored passages
Theognis of Megara
spoken of as
1 expressionin the texts
Stromata
Elegiac poet quoted on the misfortune of being born.
Yes, and Theognis too shows generation to be evil, when he speaks in some such way as this:
Best of all for men on earth is never to be born, nor ever to look upon the rays of the keen sun;
Hence Theognis writes:
Nicomachean Ethics
Greek poet cited for the remark that associating with good people trains one in goodness.
Moreover the society of the good may supply a sort of training in goodness, as Theognis remarks.
Now if discourses on ethics were sufficient in themselves to make men virtuous, large fees and many (as Theognis says) would they win, quite rightly, and to provide such discourses would be all that is wanted.
De legendis gentilium libris
Elegiac poet cited twice as moral authority on fortune and wealth.
And against these things we must use Theognis as teacher, who says:
Like to these are the words of Theognis also, in which he says that the god—whatever god he means—inclines the balance to men now this way, now that:
To Nicocles
Theognis is named as a poet whose poetry is regarded as counsel for human conduct.
As a case in point, one might cite the poetry of Hesiod and Theognis and Phocylides;
Symposium
A poet cited for the moral effect of companions.
Theognis has said:
Will but corrupt the good mind that you had.
Do you hear that, my son?