Descriptions
On Wine and Water
αἱ Νύμφαι τὸν Βάκχον, ὅτ᾽ ἐκ πυρὸς ἥλαθ᾽ ὁ κοῦρος,
— Paton edition
νίψαν ὑπὲρ τέφρης ἄρτι κυλιόμενον.
τοὔνεκα σὺν Νύμφαις Βρόμιος φίλος: ἢν δέ νιν εἴργῃς
μίσγεσθαι, δέξῃ πῦρ ἔτι καιόμενον.
The Nymphs washed Bacchus when he leapt from
— Paton edition
the fire above the ashes he had just been rolling in.¹
Therefore Bacchus is thy friend when united with
the Nymphs, but if thou preventest their union thou
shalt take to thee a still burning fire.
The Nymphs washed Bacchus when he leapt from
— Paton edition
the fire above the ashes he had just been rolling in.¹
Therefore Bacchus is thy friend when united with
the Nymphs, but if thou preventest their union thou
shalt take to thee a still burning fire.
αἱ Νύμφαι τὸν Βάκχον, ὅτ᾽ ἐκ πυρὸς ἥλαθ᾽ ὁ κοῦρος,
— Paton edition
νίψαν ὑπὲρ τέφρης ἄρτι κυλιόμενον.
τοὔνεκα σὺν Νύμφαις Βρόμιος φίλος: ἢν δέ νιν εἴργῃς
μίσγεσθαι, δέξῃ πῦρ ἔτι καιόμενον.
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