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Theognis, Elegies, 447-449


nanIf thou wilt fain wash me, the water will ever flow unsullied from my head; thou wilt find me in all matters as it were refined gold, red to the view when I be rubbed with the touchstone; the surface of me is untainted of black mould or rust, its bloom ever pure and clean.
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Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

5 results
1. Hesiod, Works And Days, 738-741, 737 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

737. The chance to sail. When first some leaves are seen
2. Solon, Fragments, 6.3, 13.71-13.76 (7th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)

3. Theognis, Elegies, 1001-1002, 1017-1022, 1045-1058, 1063-1068, 1071-1072, 1074, 1129, 1137-1141, 117-118, 1181, 1185-1186, 119-128, 133, 145-148, 155-158, 165-166, 171-172, 19, 197-199, 20, 200-208, 21, 211-214, 22-23, 230-232, 236-239, 24, 240-254, 27-28, 283-286, 305-308, 33-35, 359, 36, 360-364, 367, 373-389, 39, 390-399, 40, 400, 41-44, 448-449, 45, 450-452, 46, 463-464, 467-469, 47, 470-479, 48, 480-489, 49, 490-496, 50-53, 531-534, 54, 545, 55-57, 571-572, 579, 58, 580-582, 59, 591-592, 60-65, 659, 66, 660, 67-68, 681-682, 69, 73, 731-739, 74, 740-752, 757-768, 773-796, 805-810, 823-824, 837-840, 87-89, 891-894, 897-899, 90, 900, 91, 911-914, 92, 939, 941, 949-950, 959-970, 983-988, 993-1000 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

4. Plato, Meno, 95d (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

95d. are in two minds as to whether virtue is to be taught, but Theognis the poet also says, you remember, the very same thing? Men. In which part of his poems? Soc. In those elegiac lines where he says— Eat and drink with these men; sit with them, and he pleasing unto them, who wield great power; for from the good wilt thou win thee lessons in the good; but mingle with the bad
5. Various, Anthologia Palatina, 14.71, 14.74



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
aeschylus, priestesses Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 272
anagnos Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 272
apollo Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 115, 116, 117, 272, 291
archilochus, i, v, vii, ix, xi Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 267
athenaeus Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 267
belief Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271, 272, 291
blasphemy Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 272
cyrnus Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 146
daimon, empedoclean Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
delos Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 267
dysagnos, phrenes Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 272
euenus Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 146
euphemia, in theognis Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 115
euphemos mythos Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
euphron, euphrosyne Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
glossa, free from mania Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 117
gold, associated with purity Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 116, 117
hand-washing, ritual Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 291
hedylus Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 267
hellenistic Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 267
hubris, and inner impurity Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
hymn, orphic Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
inner pollution/impurity, consequences of Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271, 272
inner purity, duration Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271, 272
inner purity, means of obtaining Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271, 272
inner purity, qualifiers Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271, 272
inner purity, ritual contexts Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271, 272
inner purity, seats Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271, 272
justice, dike/adika erga/adikos in theognidea Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 272
justice, object of prayer Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
justice, of inner purity generally Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 116, 117
kakotes Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271, 291
katharos, general Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 291
katharos, in the theognidea Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 115, 272
katharos, of meletai Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
katharos, of nous Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 115
katharos logos Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
leto Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 267
libations Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
madness, in the oresteia Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 272
megara Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 115
meleager Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 267
merimnai Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
miaino Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
mimnermus Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 146, 267; Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 115
musaeus Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 115
mysos Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
noos/nous, seat of purity/impurity, in the theognidea Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 115, 117, 272, 291
persian wars Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 116
philosophers on objects of prayer, in the theognidea Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 115, 117, 272, 291
philosophers on objects of prayer, in xenophanes Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271, 291
phren/phrenes, seat of purity/impurity, in the oresteia Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 272
phren/phrenes, seat of purity/impurity, in xenophanes Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
pindar Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 115
plato Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 115
posidippus Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 267
prapides Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
prayer, empedocles to the muse Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
sacred regulations (inscriptional) Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 117
sacrifice, animal, human, of iphigenia in the agamemnon Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 272
sacrifice, animal, rejection of, empedocles Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
solon Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 146; Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 115
symposium, in the theognidea Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 115, 116, 117, 291
temple Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 267
theognidea Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271, 272, 291
theognis Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 115, 116
theognis and the theognidea, excerpta deteriora Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 146
theognis and the theognidea, excerpta meliora Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 146
theognis and the theognidea, florilegium purum Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 146
theognis and the theognidea Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 146, 267
thymos, in empedocles Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
tyrtaeus Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 146; Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 115
washing, ritual, no need for a true agathos' Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 117
washing, ritual, no need for a true agathos Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 116, 291
xenophanes Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 271
xenophon Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 146; Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 115
zeus Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 117