“Menelaus, the best thing the gods made to scatter the cares of mortal men is wine”
οἶνόν τοι, Μενέλαε, θεοὶ ποίησαν ἄριστον
θνητοῖς ἀνθρώποισιν ἀποσκεδάσαι μελεδῶνας.
Kypria, Fragment 17 (18W) (Athenaeus, Deipnosophists)
“Menelaus, the best thing the gods made to scatter the cares of mortal men is wine”
οἶνόν τοι, Μενέλαε, θεοὶ ποίησαν ἄριστον
θνητοῖς ἀνθρώποισιν ἀποσκεδάσαι μελεδῶνας.