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ainei de palaion men oinon, anthea d' hymnon neôterôn+ THE words, classical and romantic, although, like many other critical expressions, sometimes abused by those who have understood them too vaguely or too absolutely, yet define two real tendencies in the history of art and literature.
When I was at school learning all the Greek I have ever forgotten, I was puzzled by the phrase OINON MELAN that is "black wine," which continually occurred. I asked what it meant, and many most interesting and convincing answers were given.
And Anacreon mentions it on the same occasion always in every page. "Pinonti de oinon hedun. Otan pino ton oinon. Opliz' ego de pino." And in a thousand other places.
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