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drinking songs in the French language, much better than 

 what are called the Odes of Anacreon, upon the vine and its 

 juice divine. 



To poiov TO tSv epwTdil/ 

 To podov TO KaWiipvWotff 



" Let us mingle with the liquor of Bacchus, the beautifully 

 leaved rose, the rose of love." 



Tltvutfiev . . . 7d\wi'Tey. 



" Let us drink and laugh." 



Such is the matter upon which all the verses of Anacreon 

 dwell. Let us take an ode at hazard. 



Etf ri ictv iriveiv. 



" Upon the necessity for drinking.'' 

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" The earth drmks the water, the tree drinks the earth, the 

 sea drinks the air, the sun drinks the sea, the moon drinks 

 the sun; why should I be reproached when I drink?" 



And the following, in which he wishes to be seated under 

 the shade of BathyUus,* whom he terms a handsome tree. 



And the other : 



"OtOV TTttfl TOV oivOV . . . 



" When I drink wine, my cares are laid to sleep." 

 These ideas are repeated twenty times over, often without 

 even changing the expressions. 



'Ot' ^7(J) fl*»« TOV OLVOVt 



" When I drink, &o., my cares are laid to sleep." 

 One thing alone distinguishes Anacreon and his odes from 

 other drinkers and other Bacchic songs, which is, that he puts 

 water into his wine, and is not ashamed to own that he does so. 



Ael jrivetv fierpttcsi 



" We must drink with moderation." 



Ta juev d^«' iyxi'at 

 "YdaTOSt Ta jrevTfi 3' olvov 

 K.vd9ovs, 



" Mix ten measures of water with five measures of wine." 



• A Samian youth, the muiion of Anacreon, 



