Kitap 15
62
But as for what Heraclides of Pontus says, that is clearly a mistake, That the god himself, while offering a libation, thrice cried out ἵη παιὰν, ἵη παιών. From a belief in which statement he refers the trimeter verse, as it is called to the god, saying "that each of these metres belongs to the god; because when the first two syllables are made long, ἵη παιὰν, it becomes a heroic verse, but when they are pronounced short it is an iambic, and thus it is plain that we must attribute the iambic to him. And as the rest are short, if any one makes the last two syllables of the verse long, that makes a Hipponactean iambic.
63
And after this, when we also were about to leave the party, the slaves came in bringing, one an incense burner, and another. . . . . . . . . .
63
For it was the custom for the guests to rise up and offer a libation, and then to give the rest of the unmixed wine to the boy, who brought it to them to drink.
