Social Commentaries
A Jug of Wine (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Round-bellied, deftly-turned, one eared, long-throated, straight-necked, bubbling in thy narrow mouth, blithe handmaiden of Bacchus and the Muses and Cytherea, sweet of laughter, delightful ministress of social banquets, why when I am sober art thou in liquor, and when I am drunk, art sober again? Thou wrongest the good-fellowship of drinking.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “A Jug of Wine (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1191/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “A Jug of Wine (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1191/.
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