The Acharnians
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Dic. To show my manhood furthermore, and spirit in the struggle,
I quailed it off within my breath; I gulped it in a guggle.[1]
Chorus. Then take the wine-skin as your due.
We triumph and rejoice with you. 1610
Dic. Then fill my train,
And join the strain.
Chorus. With all my heart;
We'll bear a part.
All. We're triumphant, great and glorious,
We're victorious,
Hurrah!
We've won to-day,
Wine-skin and all!
Hurrah!
- ↑ Drinking without deglutition; still practised in Catalonia, the Thracian Aystis.
