Dionysius the Sophist

Dionysius the Sophist (2nd century BC) was a little-known Greek writer, some of whose poems survive in the Greek Anthology.

Quotes

Anth. Pal. v. 81.

• Ἡ τὰ ῥόδα, ῥοδόεσσαν ἔχεις χάριν ἀλλὰ τί πωλεῖς;
  σαυτήν, ἢ τὰ ῥόδα; ἠὲ συναμφότερα;
  • You with the roses, rosy is your charm; but what do you sell, yourself or the roses, or both?
    • W. R. Paton, Greek Anthology, i, p. 167.
  • PRETTY maid, you are fair as the roses you bear;
    Come tell me, what is it you sell?
    Your kisses, your posies, yourself or your roses,
    Or yourself and your roses as well?
    • "The Flower-Girl"
      A. C. Benson, The Reed of Pan (1922), p. 169.
  • ROSE girl, bearing your posies,
    What are you coming to sell?
    Is it yourself or your roses,
    Or yourself and your roses as well?
    • Simon Raven, The Roses of Picardie (1980)