How to Drink : A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing

"Description A spirited new translation of a forgotten classic, shot through with timeless wisdom Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoclassical poet Vincent Obsopoeus (ca. 1498-1539) thought so. In the winelands of sixteenth-centur...

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Main Author: Opsopoeus, Vincentius (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press , 2020
Series:Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser
Online Access:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6034248
E-Book Packages:ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection
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