How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing

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How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of ImbibingAncient Wisdom for Modern Readers A spirited new translation of a forgotten classic, shot through with timeless wisdom Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoclassical poet Vincent Obsopoeus (ca. 14981539) thought so. In the winelands of sixteenth century Germany, he witnessed the birth of a poisonous new culture of bingeing, hazing, peer pressure, and competitive drinking. Alarmed, and

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and oratorical - of the trial of Verres

It was one of two editions (the other being Gordon Williams' "Horace 'Odes' III"

Ήταν νέα

When it came into Juvenal's hands

Over the course of this selection he covers a great variety of topics including the Stoics' perennial conflict with Fortune

without writing a word

αναγκάζονται να αλλάξουν ριζικά τη ζωή τους

Yet she is still drawn back to her past

Καλλιεργημένη

and the subject-matter deals with those aspects of the subject as seem likely to be met with at this stage