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And then, too, what vessels are employed for holding wine ! carved all over with the representations of adulterous intrigues, as if, in fact, drunkenness itself was not sufficiently capable of teaching us lessons of lustfulness. AND THEN TOO WHAT VESSELS ARE EMPLOYED FOR HOLDING WINE CARVED ALL OVER WITH THE REPRESENTATIONS OF ADULTEROUS INTRIGUES AS IF IN FACT DRUNKENNESS ITSELF WAS NOT SUFFICIENTLY CAPABLE OF TEACHING US LESSONS OF LUSTFULNESS
arboiled in hot-baths, from whence they are carried away half dead. Others there are, again, who can- not wait till they have got to the banqueting couch,62 no, not so much as till they have got their shirt on,63 but all naked and panting as they are, the instant they leave the bath they seize hold of large vessels filled with wine, to show off, as it were, their mighty powers, and so gulp down the whole of the contents only to vomit them up again the very next moment. This they will repeat, too, a second and even a third time, just as though they had only been begotten for the purpose of wasting wine, and as if that liquor could not be thrown away without having first passed through the human body. It is to encourage habits such as these that we have introduced the athletic exercises64 of other countries, such as rolling in the mud, for instance, and throwing the arms back to show off a brawny neck and chest. Of all these exercises, thirst, it is said, is the chief and primary object. IVEN TO THIS HABIT HAVE THEMSELVES PARBOILED IN HOT BATS FROM WHENCE THEY ARE CARRIED AWAY HALF DEAD OTHERS THERE ARE AGAIN WHO CANNOT WAIT TILL THEY HAVE GOT TO THE BANQUETING COUCH NO NOT SO MUCH AS TILL THEY HAVE GOT THEIR SHIRT ON BUT ALL NAKED AND PANTING AS THEY ARE THE INSTANT THEY LEAVE THE BATH THEY SEIZE HOLD OF LARGE VESSELS FILLED WITH WINE TO SHOW OFF AS IT WERE THEIR MIGHTY POWERS AND SO GULP DOWN THE WHOLE OF THE CONTENTS ONLY TO VOMIT THEM UP AGAIN THE VERY NEXT MOMENT THIS THEY WILL REPEAT TO A SECOND AND EVEN A THIRD TIME JUST AS THOUGH THEY HAD ONLY BEEN BEGOTTEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF WASTING WINE AND AS IF THAT LIQUOR COULD NOT BE THROWN AWAY WITHOUT HAVING FIRST PASSED THROUGH THE HUMAN BODY IT IS TO ENCOURAGE HABITS SUCH AS THESE THAT WE HAVE INTRODUCED THE ATHLETIC EXERCISES OF OTHER COUNTRIES SUCH AS ROLLING IN THE MUD FOR INSTANCE AND THROWING THE ARMS BACK TO SHOW OFF A BRAWNY NECK AND CHEST OF ALL THESE EXERCISES THIRST IT IS SAID IS THE CHIEF AND PRIMARY OBJECT
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