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Ulysses Voracity of certain Persons Of Mithridates Of the Boeotians Of the Thessalians Menedemus Praise of Temperance Stilpo Mixing Wine Cupbearers Drinking The Proportions of Mixed Wine Drinking Wine Lacedæmonian Fashions Thirst Philip of Macedon Arcadion Dionysius Antiochus Epiphanes Demetrius Female Drinkers The Illyrians Evils of Drunkenness Forms of πίνω γρῖφοι Riddles γρῖφοι Euripides γρῖφοι Enig- matical Sayings Capping Verses γρῖφοι
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But a wise poet should behave Like one who gives a splendid feast; And so if he is wise should he Seek the spectators to delight, So that each one, when he departs, May think that he has drunk and eaten Exactly what he'd most have wish'd; Not that there should have been but one Dish for all sorts of appetites, Or but one kind of writing for all tastes.
