Living
Book XI, 12
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Living
“Wine slew the Centaur” too, Epicrates, not yourself alone and Callias in his lovely prime. Truly the one-eyed monster is the Charon of the wine-cup. Send him right quickly from Hades the same draught.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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