Theognis 627-628
It is shameful when a man is drunk among the sober and it is shameful if man remains sober among drunks Αἰσχρόν τοι μεθύοντα παρ’ ἀνδράσι νήφοσιν εἶναι, αἰσχρὸν δ’ εἰ νήφων πὰρ μεθύουσι μένει.
View ArticleSophocles, Fr. 735 (Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10, 428 A)
“Drinking under compulsion is an evil equal to thirst” τὸ πρὸς βίαν / πίνειν ἴσον πέφυκε τῷ διψῆν κακόν (Yes, I had a problem with the extant article τῷ. It is an articular infinitive!)
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....