provided the balance in ancient Grecian life that allowed them to maintain their supremely straight-laced society values. Without the wine, women, and song, Grecian life would have been completely mundane and lifeless; they would have lost everything that made them mortal. After all, if there is no god of wine, there is no love, no Aphrodite either, nor other pleasure left to men (774-76). Word Count: 695...
