Alcaeus 347. 3-4 (Athenaeus, Deipnosophists x 430c-d)

Posted on May 3, 2012 by sententiaeantiquae

“Semele and Zeus’ son gave wine to men as an amnesia from their troubles”

οἶνον γὰρ Σεμέλας καὶ Δίος υἶος λαθικάδεον

ἀνθρώποισιν ἔδωκ’.

Homer has nothing on the lyric poets as a oenophile.

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