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Plutarch
Table Talk Section 2
Section 82 of 260
Canonical reference 3.7.2
Ancient Greek
Ἀρισταίνετος δʼ ὁ Νικαεὺς ἔν τισιν ἐνίοις γράμμασιν ἀνεγνωκὼς ἔφη μνημονεύειν, ὅτι γλεῦκος μιχθὲν οἴνῳ παύει μέθην· τῶν δʼ ἰατρῶν τινας λέγει τοὺς πλέον πιόντας κελεύειν ἐμεῖν , εἶθʼ, ὅταν μέλλωσι καθεύδειν, ἄρτον εἰς μέλι καταβάψαντας ἐμφαγεῖν ἔδοσαν . εἴ τι οὖν αἱ γλυκύτητες ἀμβλύνουσι τὸν ἄκρατον, εἰκότως ὁ νέος οἶνος οὐ μεθύσκει, πρὶν ἂν ἡ γλυκύτης μεταβάλῃ.
English
Thomas Creech, 1874
Aristaenetus the Nicaean said, that he remembered he had read somewhere that sweet things mixed with wine make it less heady, and that some physicians prescribe to one that hath drunk freely, before he goes to bed, a crust of bread dipped in honey. And therefore, if sweet mixtures weaken strong wine, it is reasonable that new wine should not be heady till it hath lost its sweetness.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Aristénète de Nicée dit qu’il se souvenait avoir lu quelque part que les choses douces mêlées au vin le rendent moins capiteux, et que certains médecins prescrivent à celui qui a bu largement de manger, avant de se coucher, une croûte de pain trempée dans du miel. Si donc les mélanges sucrés affaiblissent le vin fort, il est raisonnable que le vin nouveau ne soit pas capiteux avant d’avoir perdu sa douceur.
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