The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 10.1587 Thursday, 16 September 1999.
From: John Velz <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Friday, 10 Sep 1999 11:31:41 -0500
Subject: Drunken Brawls
Richard Carns cites an aphorism about Neptune not killing so many as
Bacchus. John Lyly has an analogue in Campaspe "Plures occidit crapula
quam gladius" (inebriation kills more than the sword does). The remark
is made a propos Alexander the Great, who was a notorious drinker and
who later would kill his friend and retainer Cleitos after a drunken
banquet. Cleitos was no poet, I believe.
A cheer for moderation,
John
