Πολέμων φησὶν ἐν Μουνυχίᾳ ἥρωα Ἀκρατοπότην τιμᾶσθαι, παρὰ δὲ Σπαρτιάταις Μάττωνα καὶ Κεράωνα ἥρωας ὑπό τινων μαγείρων ἱδρῦσθαι ἐν
οἶνός τοι χαρίεντι πέλει μέγας ἵππος ἀοιδῷ,
ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων χρηστὸν οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοις,
ταῦτ᾽ ἔλεγεν, Διόνυσε, καὶ ἔπνεεν οὐχ ἑνὸς ἀσκοῦ
Κρατῖνος, ἀλλὰ παντὸς ὠδώδει πίθου.
τοιγάρ οἱ στεφάνων δόμος ἔβρυεν, εἶχε δὲ κιττῷ
μέτωπον οἷα καὶ σὺ κεκροκωμένον.
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ὁ δὲ ποιήσας τὸ εἰς Κρατῖνον ἐπίγραμμά φησιν
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