Tag: Peer Pressure

Sophocles, Fr. 735 (Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10, 428 A)

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“Drinking under compulsion is an evil equal to thirst”

τὸ πρὸς βίαν / πίνειν ἴσον πέφυκε τῷ διψῆν κακόν

(Yes, I had a problem with the extant article τῷ. It is an articular infinitive!)

Theognis 627-628

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It is shameful when a man is drunk among the sober

and it is shameful if man remains sober among drunks

 

Αἰσχρόν τοι μεθύοντα παρ’ ἀνδράσι νήφοσιν εἶναι,

αἰσχρὸν δ’ εἰ νήφων πὰρ μεθύουσι μένει.