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[297] Join ἐπὶπίνων, and cp. Eur. Cycl.327ἐπεκπιὼν γάλακτος ἀμφορέα” , ‘drinking on the top of it,’ as we say ‘to wash it down.’ So “θύννεια . . καταφαγὼν κᾆτ᾽ ἐπιπιὼν ἄκρατον οἴνου χόαAr. Eq.354; and in a somewhat similar usage “ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγῃ τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνειν;Aristot. Eth. Nicom. 7. 2. 4.

The use of ἄκρητον shows that the common custom was to dilute milk with water; or, perhaps, to curdle the milk and drink only the whey.

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