Theognis 627-628

 

“It is shameful when a man is drunk among the sober

and it is shameful if a man remains sober among drunks”

 

Αἰσχρόν τοι μεθύοντα παρ’ ἀνδράσι νήφοσιν εἶναι,

αἰσχρὸν δ’ εἰ νήφων πὰρ μεθύουσι μένει.

 

Good advice? When in a bar…

Theognis 627-628

 

 

 

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.

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.

Kypria?

Deipnosophists?

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