22
Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;
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Verse 22. Drink. Hebrew “mix shecar.” People generally mixed wine and water. They also strove who could drink most, and the Greeks had a feast for this purpose, ( Calmet.) which they styled Choas, for the measure which was to be swallowed down. Aristoph. Acharn. act. iv. 4. and 5. ult.—Cyrus the younger boasted to the Greek ambassadors, that “he could drink and bear more wine than his brother.” Plut. in Artax.
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