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Let us not forget the anonymous architects of winged words:
σúν μοι πῖνε συνήβα συνέρα συστεφανηφóρει,
σúν μοι μαινομένῳ μαíνεο, σὺν σώφρονι σωφρóνει.
(drink with me, be youthful with me, love with me, wear garlands with
me; be mad with me when I am mad, sober with me when I am sober.)
(scolion, ca. VI-V century BC)take the words alliterating in s- (= 2 x 4)
σúν - συνήβα συνέρα συστεφανηφóρεισúν - σὺν σώφρονι σωφρóνει
, take the ones alliterating in m- (=1+3 = 4)
μοι - μοι μαινομένῳ μαíνεο
(two of each (s- and m-) repetitions of the same root: μαινομένῳ μαíνεο, σώφρονι σωφρóνε)
and there's only one word left:
πῖνε
which is the definition of what a "scolion" is (a drinking song) - and the main point of the poet.
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