# Fragmenta dubia 4

Theognis, Fragmenta dubia, Fragment 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theognis-eleg/fragmenta-dubia/4

Μήποτέ μοι πενίην θυμοφθόρον ἀνδρὶ χαλεφθείς,
μηδ' ἀχρημοσύνην, Κύρνε, κακὴν πρόφερε.
Ζεὺς γάρ τοι τὸ τάλαντον ἐπιρρέπει ἄλλοτε ἄλλως,
ἄλλοτε μὲν πλουτεῖν, ἄλλοτε μηδὲν ἔχειν.
χρὴ δ' ἀεὶ κατὰ γῆν τε καὶ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης
δίζεσθαι χαλεπῆς, Κύρνε, λύσιν πενίης.

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Theognis Eleg., Fragmenta dubia. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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