Theognis of Megara
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Theognis of Megara 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 pra
Drawing of a kylix from Tanagra, Boeotia, c. 500 BC. A symposiast sings ὦ παίδων κάλλιστε, the beginning of a verse by Theognis
A scene from Plato's philosophical work The Symposium by Anselm Feuerbach
Megara
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Megara is a historic town and a municipality in West Attica, Greece. It lies in the northern section of the Isthmus of Corinth opposite the island of Salamis, which belonged to Megara in archaic times
Theognis of Megara
…from the poems themselves is hampered by their uncertain authenticity. Lines 29–52, if composed by Theognis, seem to portray the political situation in Megara before the rise of the tyrant Theagenes, about the latter half of the seventh century, but lines 891–95 describe a war in Euboea in the second quarter…
Megara 2
View of the archaeological site
Megara by Vincenzo Coronelli, 1687
Young Mother from Megara by Théodore Jacques Ralli c. 1878