A spirited new translation of a forgotten classic, shot through with timeless wisdom Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoClassical poet Vincent Obsopoeus (ca.
Alarmed, and inspired by the Roman poet Ovid\'s Art of Love , he wrote.
In the winelands of sixteenth-century Germany, he witnessed the birth of a poisonous new culture of bingeing, hazing, peer pressure, and competitive drinking. 1498-1539) thought so.
A spirited new translation of a forgotten classic, shot through with timeless wisdom Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoClassical poet Vincent Obsopoeus (ca