Bronze is a mirror of the face, wine of the mind.

Κάτοπτρον εἴδονϛ Χαλκόϛ έστ, οίνοϛ δέ νού.

Aeschylus

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Topic

In vino veritas Wine Alcohol

Author

Aeschylus

Medium

Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Greek

Time

5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Aeschylus. Fragment 221. c. 450 BC.

Current Citation

Aeschylus. Fragments, translated by Alan H. Sommerstein. Harvard University Press, 2009, fragment 221.

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Medium
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Statement Type
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