Some Fragments on Drinking
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A few of the many drinking fragments of the Lesbian (the island) poet, Alcaeus Ἀλκαῖος.
Alcaeus flourished in the 6th century BCE and was from the town of Mytilene. A good amount of his fragments survive, dealing with a wide range of topics like, politics, travelling, his exile, mythology, women and...
Some Fragments on Drinking Annotated
Fr. 332
Now we must get drunk and with force!
Since Myrsilos is dead[...
Fr. 335
Do not turn your heart to troubles -
We get nowhere worrying.
Io Bacchus! The best of all medicines
Is to get drunk on wine.
Fr. 338
Zeus rains; from the heavens
Comes a great storm
And the rivers are frozen.
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Damn the storm! build a fire
High, pour sweet wine
Unsparingly, and place a soft
Pillow about your head.
Fr. 346
Let us drink! Why wait for the lamps?
There's but a finger left of daylight.
Take down the large cups, overwrought:
The son of Zeus and Semele
Gave wine to men,
for oblivion of sorrow.
Mix wine and water - two to one -
Then filled to the brim,
Let one cup
Force back another.