Kitap 10
35
How, then, could a man who was so very devoted to drinking be a sober man, and be content with one or two cups of wine? At all events, his very poem, says Seleucus, testifies against those people who receive the line in this sense. For he says, in the whole passage— Let us now drink,—why put we out the light? Our day is but a finger: bring large cups, Fili'd with the purple juice of various grapes; For the great son of Semele and Jove Gave wine to men to drive away their cares. Pour on, in just proportion, one and two, And let one goblet chase another quickly Out of my head. In which words he plainly enough intimates that his meaning is, that one cup of wine is to be mixed with two of water.
