Kitap 1
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Here is my own epitaph upon himAnth. Pal. vii. 92.:
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Back from his travels Anacharsis came, To hellenize the Scythians all aglow; Ere half his sermon could their minds inflame, A wingèd arrow laid the preacher low.
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It was a saying of his that the vine bore three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the next of intoxication, and the third of disgust. He said he wondered why in Greece experts contend in the games and non-experts award the prizes. Being asked how one could avoid becoming a toper, he answered, By keeping before your eyes the disgraceful exhibition made by the drunkard. Again, he expressed surprise that the Greek lawgivers should impose penalties on wanton outrage, while they honour athletes for bruising one another. After ascertaining that the ship’s side was four fingers’ breadth in thickness, he remarked that the passengers were just so far from death.
