And he too constantly calls food ὀνείατα, because it supports us.
2. Now the author of the Cyprian poems, whoever he was, says—
No better remedies than wine there are,
O king, to drive away soul-eating care.
And Diphilus the comic poet says—
O Bacchus, to all wise men dear,
How very kind you do appear;
You make the lowly-hearted proud,
And bid the gloomy laugh aloud;
You fill the feeble man with daring,
And cowards strut and bray past bearing.
And Philoxenus of Cythera says—
Good store of wine which makes men talk.
But Chæremon the tragedian says, that wine inspires those who use it with
Laughter and wisdom and prudence and learning.
And Ion of Chios calls wine