Roman Antiquities; Or, An Account of the Manners And Customs of the Romans
Roman Antiquities; Or, An Account of the Manners And Customs of the Romans
Alexander Adam
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Tlie Greeks drank firft in honour of the gods, and then of their friends ; hence Gjeco more bibere, Ck. Ferr. i. 26. et ibi Afcoru Tlicy be- gan with fmall cups, and ended with larger, Rid. They u« fed to name the perfpn to whom they handed the cup \ thus, Propino tibi, &c. C/c. Tufc. 1. 40.* PlauU SticL v. 4. 26. & 30. 3V. Eun.y. 9. 57. Virg. ASn. i. 728. MartiaL i. 69. vi. 44. JuvenaL v. 1 27. A (keleton was fometimes introduced at feafls in the time of drinking ; or the reprefcntatfon of one..., (larva argentea)^ Petron. 34. in imitation of the Egyptians, Herod^t. ii. 78. f. 74. Plutarch, in conviv. Sapient. 6. upon which the maftec of the feaft, looking at it, ufed to fay, Vivamus, dum licet KSSE BENE, PetroH. ib» Tim Tt tuii Ttftrtv f tvonti ytip meo^^wftsf rommc^ Drink and be merry, for thus (halt thou be after death, Herodoi. ibid. The antients fometimes crowned their cups with flowers, Virg^ JEn. iii. 525. TibulL ii. 5. 98. But coronare crater a vel vina^ i. e. pocula^ fignifies alfo to fill luith tvine, Virg, G.
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