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παρὰ δὲ Ἀνακρέοντι εἷς οἴνου πρὸς δύο ὕδατος·<br />

ἄγε δὴ φέρ' ἡμὶν, ὦ παῖ,<br />
κελέβην, ὅκως ἄμυστιν<br />
προπίω, τὰ μὲν {{#lemma: δέκ' ἐγχέας | δέκ' ἐγχέας m (cf. et Ath. 11.475c) : δ' ἐγχέας m}}<br />
ὕδατος, τὰ πέντε δ' οἴνου<br />
κυάθους, ὡς {{#lemma: ἀνυβρίστως | ἂν ὑβριστιῶσανα M : ἀνυβρίστως Pauw, Kaibel, Campbell : ἂν ὑβριστιῶς Page, Olson}}<br />
ἀνὰ δηὖτε βασσαρήσω.<br />

καὶ προελθὼν τὴν ἀκρατοποσίαν Σκυθικὴν καλεῖ πόσιν·<br />

ἄγε δηὖτε, μηκέτ' οὕτω<br />
πατάγῳ τε κἀλαλητῷ<br />
Σκυθικὴν πόσιν παρ' οἴνῳ<br />
μελετῶμεν, ἀλλὰ καλοῖς<br />
ὑποπίνοντες ἐν ὕμνοις.<br />
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According to Anacreon [the right proportions are] one measure of wine to two of water:

Come now lad, bring me a cup, so that I can drink a deep draught.  Pour in ten ladles of water, and five of wine, so that once again I can respectably make my devotions to Bacchus.

And later on he calls the drinking of neat wine ‘Scythian’:

Come again then, and let us not practice Scythian drinking with all its banging and crashing, but rather drink moderately, and with beautiful hymns.
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