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And Alexis, in his Man cut off, says— He was no master of the feast at all, But a mere hangman, Chæreas his name; And when he'd drunk full twenty cups of wine, Mix'd half and half, he ask'd for more, and stronger.
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And Diodorus of Sinope, in his Female Flute-player, says— When any one, O Crito, drinks ten cups, Consider, I do beg you, whether he Who never once allows the wine to pass Is in a fit state for discussion.