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Ethicae doctrinae elementa, et enarratio libri quinti ethicorum. Additae sunt quaestiones de juramentis, de excommunicatione, et de aliis quibusdam materiis. Wittenberg, Lufft; 1580 8 lvs, 302 pages, 1 leaf. With woodcut vignette at the title Bound with: Sententiae Theognidis Megarensis cum versione Latina, ita ut verbum verbo conferri possit, addita earundem explicatione. Wittenberg, Johann Krafft the Elder (Heirs) ; 1578 48 pp. With woodcut portrait I) VD16 ZV 10796. Cf. Adams M 1147 (ed. 1583). II) VD16 ZV 16984. Rare edition of the Sentences of Theognis Megarensis. Toning, worn binding, lacks front endpaper Size: 4 by 6 1/4 inches Text in Latin and Greek Theognis of Megara (Théognis ho Megareús) was a Greek lyric poet active in approximately the sixth century BC. The work attributed to him consists of gnomic poetry quite typical of the time, featuring ethical maxims and practical advice about life. He was the first Greek poet known to express concern over the eventual fate and survival of his own work and, along with Homer, Hesiod and the authors of the Homeric Hymns, he is among the earliest poets whose work has been preserved in a continuous manuscript tradition (the work of other archaic poets is preserved as scattered fragments).
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1578 POETRY Sentences of Theognis Megarensis antique vellum bound 16th CENTURY
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Ink of Ages: 15th-19th Century Antique Books
Jul 02, 2026 7:00 PM EDTNew York, NY, United States
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