Note 30 — BOOK V
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
The following is John Duncombe's translation of Julian's Greek Epigram on Barley-wine:
"Who, what art thou? Thy name, thy birth declare: Thou art no Bacchus, I by Bacchus swear. Jove's son alone I know, I know not thee; Thou smell'st like goats, but sweet as nectar he. In Gallia, thirsty Gallia, thou wert born, Scanty of grapes, but prodigal of corn. Bromus, not Bromius, styl'd, thy brows with corn, As sprung from Ceres, not from Jove, adorn."