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Fill the cup full, and hide the mortal part, The goblet made by man, with godlike wine: Drink ([Greek: pithi]); these are gifts, my father, given us By the good Jove, who thus protects companionship.

And Ameipsias, in his Sling, says—

When you have stirr'd the sea-hare, take and drink ([Greek: pithi]).

And Menander, in his Female Flute-player, says—

Away with you; have you ne'er drunk, O Sosilas? Drink ([Greek: pithi]) now, I beg, for you are wondrous mad.

66. And in the future tense of [Greek: pinô], we should not read [Greek: pioumai], but [Greek: piomai] without the [Greek: u], lengthening the [Greek: i]. And this is the way the future is formed in that line of Homer—

([Greek: piomen ek botanês]) Drank after feeding.

And Aristophanes, in his Knights, says—

He ne'er shall drink ([Greek: pietai]) of the same cup with me:

and in another place he says—

Thou shalt this day drink ([Greek: piei]) the most bitter wine;

though this might, perhaps, come from [Greek: pioumai]. Sometimes, however, they shorten the [Greek: i], as Plato does, in his Women Returning from Sacrifice—

Nor he who drinks up ([Greek: ekpietai]) all her property:

and in his Syrphax he says—

And ye shall drink ([Greek: piesthe]) much water.

And Menander uses the word [Greek: pie] as a dissyllable, in his Dagger—

A. Drink ([Greek: pie]). B. I will compel this wretch, This sacrilegious wretch, to drink ([Greek: piein]) it first:

and the expression [Greek: tê pie], take and drink, and [Greek: pine], drink. So do you, my friend, drink; and as Alexis says, in his Twins,—

Pledge you ([Greek: propithi]) this man, that he may pledge another.

And let it be a cup of comradeship, which Anacreon calls [Greek: epistios]. For that great lyric poet says—

And do not chatter like the wave Of the loud brawling sea, with that Ever-loquacious Gastrodora, Drinking the cup [Greek: epistios].

But the name which we give it is [Greek: anisôn].

67. But do not you be afraid to drink; nor will you be in