Thursday, November 02, 2023

 

A Divine Gift

Cypria, fragment 17 Bernabé (tr. S. Douglas Olson):
The gods made wine, Menelaus, as the best means
for mortal men to scatter their cares.

οἶνόν τοι, Μενέλαε, θεοὶ ποίησαν ἄριστον
θνητοῖς ἀνθρώποισιν ἀποσκεδάσαι μελεδῶνας.



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