29 JULY 1899, Page 14

A TRANSLATION FROM THEOGNIS. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ]

SIR,—There may be some of your readers who will find the enclosed lines from Theognis interesting. I came upon them the other day, and was at once struck by the neatness of their application to some recent events. They suggest that ancient Republics were sometimes not so unlike the modern as the scientific historian would have us believe. To make the parallel complete one should translate by "Generals." The extract is rather long, but nothing can well be

omitted :—

Kt pe, e6f. eSior Mouta a IA41 TIKT, ayspa, Etietn•TS)pa KalCiT VOptos 7)11E747)5.

1101'01 #.1,4 yap (0' elSe caLcppoPfs, i-yEl.LiVES Se TETpagglTat WOXMO, iS KalaT7ra ICECTE1Y.

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3ilµoY ydlp 4)8E;poucri, Bixas aaiK0101 Man OTKftHY KipSEWY EIVE/Ca Kal Ki:141-€01.

gA7rE0 1.441 alIpbY ICE (V711, TISALY aTTE1.4' go:7E014U, #1.715' El 14311 TOAA6 KEZTat dr' ley Tarn KaKacri 43;A.' avapcfeL TaYTa •y‘vyrrat, Kip5Ea ankzocrhy (yin, Kax; ipxoyEva.

TiZy ryap OTaOttl TE Kal gpPUXOt g6YOt ell'apaY ihoilvapxoi 0'• a 7,4A., ,AilrOTE E aso,.

(Theognis, 11. 39-52, ed. Bergk.) —I am, Sir, &c.,

College Gate, Clifton.

F. R. EARP.