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ταῦτ᾽ εἰπεῖν εἶχον, ἄνδρες φίλοι καὶ συμπόται
῾Arist. Plut. 254' 'τῶν Ἑλλήνων πολὺ πρῶτοι, περὶ ἀρχαίων συμποσίων ἐπιστάμενος. ἀκριβῶς δ᾽ ὁ σοφὸς
Πλάτων ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ Νόμων περὶ συμποσίων διηγεῖται λέγων οὕτως ῾p. 637a':' ‘καὶ οὔτ᾽ ἂν ἐπ᾽ ἀγρῶν
ἴδοις οὔτ᾽ ἐν ἄστεσιν ὅσων Σπαρτιάταις μέλει συμπόσια οὐδ᾽ ὁπόσα τούτοις ξυνεπόμενα πάσας ἡδονὰς
κινεῖ κατὰ δύναμιν. οὐδ᾽ ἔστιν ὅστις ἂν ἀπαντῶν
κωμάζοντί τινι μετὰ μέθης οὐκ ἂν τὴν μεγίστην δίκην εὐθὺς ἐπιθείη καὶ οὐδ᾽ ἂν Διονύσια πρόφασιν
ἔχοντ᾽ αὐτὸν ῥύσαιτο, ὥσπερ ἐν ἁμάξαις εἶδον παρ᾽
ὑμῖν ἐγώ, καὶ ἐν Τάραντι δὲ παρὰ τοῖς ἡμετέροις
ἀποίκοις πᾶσαν τὴν πόλιν ἐθεασάμην περὶ τὰ Διονύσια μεθύουσαν. ἐν Λακεδαίμονι οὐκ ἔστ᾽ οὐδὲν τοιοῦτον.'
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