On Dionysus carved on an Amethyst
ἡ λίθος ἔστ᾽ ἀμέθυστος, ἐγὼ δ᾽ ὁ πότης Διόνυσος:ἢ νήφειν πείσῃ μ᾽, ἢ μαθέτω μεθύειν. — Paton edition
ἡ λίθος ἔστ᾽ ἀμέθυστος, ἐγὼ δ᾽ ὁ πότης Διόνυσος:ἢ νήφειν πείσῃ μ᾽, ἢ μαθέτω μεθύειν.
The stone is amethyst,¹ but I am the toperDionysus. Either let it teach me to be sober, orlearn itself to get drunk — Paton edition
The stone is amethyst,¹ but I am the toperDionysus. Either let it teach me to be sober, orlearn itself to get drunk
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Paton Edition: 1 i.e. "against drunkenness."
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