---
title: Drunken Revelry and Travel
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Parmenon the Iambic Poet
eul_wid: gls-aa
eul_aid: gls
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/parmenon-drunken-revelry-travel-gls-aa"
period: Classical
dialect: "Ionic (ia, frg)"
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Drunken Revelry and Travel

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Parmenon the Iambic Poet

**eul_wid:** `gls-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/parmenon-drunken-revelry-travel-gls-aa)

## Text

### book 1

Ἀνὴρ γὰρ ἕλκων οἶνον, ὡς ὕδωρ ἵππος, Σκυθιστὶ φωνεῖ, κοὐδὲ κόππα γινώσκων ... κεῖται δ’ ἄναυδος ἐν πίθῳ κολυμβήσας κάθυπνος, ὡς μήκωνα φάρμακον πίνων.

### book 2

Ἦλθον μακρὴν θάλασσαν, οὐκ ἄγων σῦκα Καναῖα φόρτον.

### book 3

Αἰγύπτιε Ζεῦ Νεῖλε

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