Fragment #87-

Name: Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica - Fragment #87
Author: Hesiod

Athenaeus, x. 428 B, C:

`Such gifts as Dionysus gave to men, a joy and a sorrow both. Who ever drinks to fullness, in him wine becomes violent and binds together his hands and feet, his tongue also and his wits with fetters unspeakable: and soft sleep embraces him.’

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