How to drink : a classical guide to the art of imbibing /

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-century Germany, he wit...

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Main Author:	Opsopäus, Vincentius (Author)
Other Authors:	Fontaine, Michael (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020].
Series:	Ancient wisdom for modern readers.
Subjects:	Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Early works to 1800.