Aristodicus of Rhodes

Aristodicus (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστόδικος) of Rhodes was the author of one or possibly two epigrams in the Greek Anthology, but little further is known about him. Most scholars believe these originally came from the Garland of Meleager of Gadara.

Quotes

• Οὐκέτι δή σε λίγεια κατ᾽ ἀφνεὸν Ἀλκίδος οἶκον
     ἀκρὶ μελιζομέναν ὄψεται ἀέλιος:
  ἤδη γὰρ λειμῶνας ἐπὶ Κλυμένου πεπότησαι
     καὶ δροσερὰ χρυσέας ἄνθεα Περσεφόνας.
  • No longer, shrill-voiced locust, shall the sun look on thee, as thou singest in the wealthy house of Alkis, for now thou hast flown to the meadows of Hades and the dewy flowers of golden Persephone.
  • Palatine Anthology, bk. 7, no. 189 (ed. W. R. Paton, ii, 1917)
  • Humbert Wolfe, Others Abide (London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1927) p. 62:

    Where Alcis keeps her state, shrill grasshopper,
       no more shall sun invest thy tiny glee.
    Now only Pluto hears thy music stir
       the dew-rich flowers of gold Persephone.