Lucio Colo, ed. and trans. Michele Psello. Encomio del vino: Laus vini. Olschki, 2018.

From Olschki

The Byzantine intellectual Michael Psellos celebrates this beverage that was God’s first gift to humans after the deluge, praising its therapeutic properties that contribute to the well-being of those in good health, and that offers “a consolation to those who are depressed and a treatment for the sick”, and condemns instead its excessive recourse. The commendation finds its moral justification in a lifestyle rooted in sobriety and composure.