“In sleep, Apollo told me not to drink;
I obey his order: I drink while I’m awake.”
Phoebus me in somnis vetuit potare Lyaeum.
Pareo praeceptis: tunc bibo, dum vigilo.
-Carmen 30, from Codex Salmasianus
Apollo’s Drinking Advice
“In sleep, Apollo told me not to drink;
I obey his order: I drink while I’m awake.”
Phoebus me in somnis vetuit potare Lyaeum.
Pareo praeceptis: tunc bibo, dum vigilo.
-Carmen 30, from Codex Salmasianus