42. φίλοινος δ᾽ ἐστὶν ὁ πρὸς οἶνον ἕτοιμος, φιλοπότης δὲ ὁ πρὸς πότους, κωθωνιστὴς δὲ ὁ μέχρι μέθης, πλεῖστον δὲ ἔπινε τῶν μὲν ἡρώων Νέστωρ ὁ τριγέρων: φανερῶς γὰρ αὐτὸς προσέκειτο τῶν ἄλλων μᾶλλον τῷ οἴνῳ καὶ τοῦ Ἀγαμέμνονος αὐτοῦ, ὃν ὡς πολυπότην ἐπιπλήσσει ὁ Ἀχιλλεύς. ὁ δὲ Νέστωρ καὶ τῆς μεγίστης μάχης ἐνεστηκυίας ”
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ἔσθειν καὶ πίνειν σύμμετρα πρὸς τὸ φρονεῖν [p. 462]
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