Thursday, November 02, 2023
A Divine Gift
Cypria, fragment 17 Bernabé (tr. S. Douglas Olson):
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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.