Kitap 2
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One fond of wine must be an honest man; For Bacchus, for his double mother famed, Loves not bad men, nor uninstructed clowns, says Alexis. He adds, moreover, that wine makes all men who drink much of it fond of talking. And the author of the Epigram on Cratinus says— If with water you fill up your glasses, You'll never write anything wise But wine is the horse of Parnassus, That carries a bard to the skies. And this was Cratinus's thought, Who was ne'er with one bottle content, But stuck to his cups as he ought, And to Bacchus his heart and voice lent. His house all with garlands did shine, And with ivy he circled his brow, To show he nought worshipp'd but wine, As, if he still lived, he'd do now.
