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 Twelve hares, all taken when the moon was full; But all the other things may be got cheaply. Now listen. Three half-measures of fine onions; These for Orthanna. For Conisalus And his two mates, a plate of myrtleberries, Pluck'd with the hand: for the great Gods above Dislike the smell of lamps for the dogs and huntsmen. A drachma for Lordon; for Cybdasus, Three obols; for the mighty hero Celes, Some hides and incense. Now if you bring These things, you'll certainly obtain admittance; But if you don't, you'll knock in vain, and long In vain to enter, and get nothing by it.

And Axionicus says, in his Philinna—

Just trust a woman to drink only water.

59. And whole nations are mentioned as addicted to drunkenness. Accordingly, Bæton, the measurer of distances for Alexander, in his book which is entitled Stations of the March of Alexander, and Amyntas also, in his Stations, says that the nation of the Tapyri is so fond of wine that they never use any other unguent than that. And Ctesias tells the same story, in his book Concerning the Revenues in Asia. And he says that they are a most just people. And Harmodius of Lepreum, in his treatise on the Laws in force among the people of Phigalea, says that the Phigaleans are addicted to drinking, being neighbours of the Messenians, and being also a people much accustomed to travelling. And Phylarchus, in his sixth book, says that the Byzantians are so exceedingly fond of wine, that they live in the wine-shops and let out their own houses and their wives also to strangers: and that they cannot bear to hear the sound of a trumpet even in their sleep. On which account once, when they were attacked by the enemy, and could not endure the labour of defending their walls, Leonidas, their general, ordered the innkeepers' booths to be erected as tents upon the walls, and even then it was with difficulty that they were stopped from deserting, as Damon tells us, in his book on Byzantium. But Menander, in his play called the Woman carrying the Mysterious sacred Vessels of Minerva, or the Female Flute-player, says—

Byzantium makes all the merchants drunk. On your account we drank the whole night long, And right strong wine too, as it seems to me,— At least I got up with four heads, I think.