To drink is evil—for from wine arises
Breaking of doors, blows, stoning, and the money
That must be paid down when the headache's past.
(tr. C. A. Wheelwright, 1837)
κακὸν τὸ πίνειν· ἀπὸ γὰρ οἴνου γίγνεται
καὶ θυροκοπῆσαι καὶ πατάξαι καὶ βαλεῖν,
κἄπειτ᾿ ἀποτίνειν ἀργύριον ἐκ κραιπάλης.
καὶ θυροκοπῆσαι καὶ πατάξαι καὶ βαλεῖν,
κἄπειτ᾿ ἀποτίνειν ἀργύριον ἐκ κραιπάλης.
Original text (Ancient Greek)