Theognis (English spelling)

Japanese: テオグニス（英語表記）Theognis

A Greek elegiac poet active around 540 BCE. Born into an aristocratic family in Megara, he lost his wealth and status as a victim of the political struggle between the nobles and the people at the time, and lived in exile. The two volumes of 1,382 lines of poems that remain in his name reflect the changes in this struggle. His didactic content and aristocraticism were recognized as having educational value, and he later became widely popular, and a collection of wise sayings and phrases was collected under his name. It is also difficult to determine which works are genuine, as works by predecessors such as Chultaeus, Mimnermus, and Solon are mixed in.

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Japanese:

前 540年頃活躍のギリシアのエレゲイア詩人。メガラの貴族の家に生れ，当時の貴族と民衆の政争の犠牲になって富も地位も失い，亡命生活をおくった。彼の名を冠して現存する詩集2巻 1382行はこの抗争の変遷を反映している。その教訓的内容と貴族主義に教育的価値を認められて，のちに広く普及し，彼の名のもとに金言名句が集められたらしい。またチュルタイオス，ミムネルモス，ソロンら先人の作も混入しているために，どれが彼の真作かを決めることは困難である。

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