Adopt the character of the twisting octopus, which takes on the appearance of the nearby rock. Now follow in this direction, now turn a different hue.
πουλύπου ὀργὴν ἴσχε πολυπλόκου, ὃς ποτὶ πέτρῃ τῇ προσομιλήσῃ τοῖος ἰδεῖν ἐφάνη: νῦν μὲν τῇδ᾽ ἐφέπου, τότε δ᾽ ἀλλοῖος χρόα γίνου.
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Original Citation
Theognis. Elegies. 541 BC, l. 213-218.
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Current Citation
Theognis. Elegies in Hesiod and Theognis: Theogony, Works and Days, and Elegies. Translated by Dorothea Wender, Penguin Classics, 1976, line 213-218.
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