“Come, bring hither quick a flagon of wine, that I may soak my brain and get an ingenious idea.”

— Aristophanés, The Knights

Knights, line 90-96 (our emphasis on 95-96) <br class="br">Knights (424 BC) <br class="br">Context: Demosthenes: Do you dare to accuse wine of clouding the reason? Quote me more marvellous effects than those of wine. Look! when a man drinks, he is rich, everything he touches succeeds, he gains lawsuits, is happy and helps his friends. Come, bring hither quick a flagon of wine, that I may soak my brain and get an ingenious idea.<br>(tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Aristoph.+Kn.+90)

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