Kitap 11
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Now among the Cretans, the epithet κλεινὸς, illustrious, is often given to the objects of one's affection. And it is a matter of great desire among them to carry off beautiful boys; and among them it is considered discreditable to a beautiful boy not to have a lover. And the name given to the boys who are carried off in that manner is παρασταθέντες. And they give to the boy who has been carried off a robe, and an ox, and a drinking-cup. And the robe they wear even when they are become old, in order to show that they have been κλεινοί.
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You see that when men drink, they then are rich; They do whate'er they please,—they gain their actions, They're happy themselves, and they assist their friends. For amusing oneself with wine exalts, and cherishes, and elevates the mind, since it inflames and arouses the foul, and fills it with lofty thoughts, as Pindar says— When the sad, laborious cares Flee from the weary hearts of men, And in the wide, expansive ocean Of golden wealth we all set sail, Floating towards the treacherous shore. E'en he who is poor, is rich when he Has fill'd his soul with rosy wine; And he who's rich. . . . And then he goes on— becomes elated Beneath the glad dominion of the vine.
