Kitap 3
98
And that they used to cool wine, for the sake of drinking it in a colder state, is asserted by Strattis, in his Psychastæ, or Cold Hunters— For no one ever would endure warm wine, But on the contrary, we use our wells To cool it in, and then we mix with snow. And Lysippus says, in his Bacchæ— A. Hermon, what is the matter? Where are we? B. Nothing 's the matter, only that your father Has just dropt down into the well to cool himself, As men cool wine in summer. And Diphilus says, in his Little Monument— Cool the wine quick, O Doris.
