Theognetus

Theognetus (Greek: Θεόγνητος) was an Ancient Greek comic poet of the 3rd century BC. Quotes Ἄνθρωπ’, ἀπολεῖς με. τῶν γὰρ ἐκ τῆς ποικίληςστοᾶς λογαρίων ἀναπεπλησμένος νοσεῖς·"ἀλλότριόν ἐσθ’ ὁ πλοῦτος ἀνθρώπῳ, πάχνη·σοφία δ’ ἴδιον, κρύσταλλος. οὐθεὶς πώποτεταύτην λαβὼν ἀπώλεσ’.’ ὦ τάλας ἐγώ,οἵῳ μ’ ὁ δαίμων φιλοσόφῳ συνῴκισεν.ἐπαρίστερ’ ἔμαθες, ὦ πόνηρε, γράμματα·ἀντέστροφέν σου τὸν βίον τὰ βιβλία·πεφιλοσόφηκας γῇ τε κοὐρανῷ λαλῶν,οἷς οὐθέν ἐστιν ἐπιμελὲς τῶν λόγων." My man, you will destroy me in this way;For you are ill and surfeited with allThe divers arguments of all the Stoics."Gold is no part of man, mere passing rime.Wisdom's his real wealth, solid like ice;No one who has it ever loses it."Oh! wretched that I am; what cruel fateHas lodged me here with this philosopher?Wretch, you have learnt a most perverted learning;Your books have turn'd your whole life upside down;Buried in deep philosophy you talkOf earth and heaven, both of which care littleFor you and all your arguments. Φάσμα ἢ Φιλάργυρος (The Ghost or The Miser), in Athenaeus, bk. 3, sec. 63 · 104b–d (tr. C. D. Yonge, 1854) Ὁ Πανταλέων μὲν αὐτὸς αὐτοὺς τοὺς ξένουςτούς τ᾿ ἀγνοοῦντας αὐτὸν ἐπλάνα, καὶ σχεδὸνἀπεκραιπάλα τὰ πλεῖστα τοῦ γελάσαι χάριν,ἰδίαν τιν᾿ αὑτῷ θέμενος ἀδολεσχίαν. Pantaleon himself did none deceiveSave only foreigners, and those, too, suchAs ne'er had heard of him: and often he,After a drunken revel, would pour forthAll sorts of jokes, striving to raise a laughBy his unceasing chattering. Φιλοδέσποτος (The One Who Loves His Master), in Athenaeus, bk. 14, sec. 5 (tr. C. D. Yonge, 1854) Ἐπαρίστερ´ ἔμαθες, ὦ πόνηρε, γράμματα·ἀνέστροφέν σου τὸν βίον τὰ βιβλία·πεφιλοσόφηκας γῇ τε κοὐρανῷ λαλῶν,οἷς οὐθέν ἐστιν ἐπιμελὲς τῶν σῶν λόγων. You wretched man, you've learnt left-handed letters,Your reading has perverted your whole life;Philosophising thus with earth and heaven,Though neither care a bit for all your speeches. Φάσμα (The Ghost), in Athenaeus, bk. 15, sec. 11 (tr. C. D. Yonge, 1854) External links Category:Poets from Greece