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The Saxons in England, Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 196 — Chapter IV · LANDED POSSESSION. THE EÐEL, HÍD OR ALOD.

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After the Persian wars at least, when the Greeks prided themselves on drinking wine, not beer:

ἀλλ’ ἄρσενας τοι τῆσδε γῆς οἰκήτορας

εὑρήσετ’, οὐ πίνοντας ἐκ κριθῶν μέθυ.

Æsch. Supp. 929.

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