Why I like Greek:

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From Euripides' Cyclops

Cyclops (trashed, having just chugged a Krater):
Damn,
What a close escape! What unadulterated bliss!
The heavens seem to me to be mingling with
and rushing toward the earth, and I reverently behold
the Throne of Zeus and every hallowed and august Spirit.
Shouldn't I kiss you? The Graces are making a pass at me.
But enough! I will sleep, cluthing this here Ganymede,

(pointing to Silenus, an old crotchety drunk satyr)

Better than clutching the Graces. For I take pleasure
In little boys more than in women.

Silenus:
What? Am I Zeus' Ganymede, Cyclops?

Cyclops:
Yes, by Zeus, whom I snatches from Dardanos!

Silenus (addressing his fellow Satyrs):
Children, I have been destroyed. I will obey a terrible fate.

Cyclops:
Do you find a fault with your lover, because he's trashed?

Silenus:
Oh no! I will shortly see the bitterest wine.