Dionysius the Sophist
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Dionysius the Sophist (2nd century BC) was a little-known Greek writer, some of whose poems survive in the Greek Anthology.
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- 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.
- "The Flower-Girl"
- 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)
- You with the roses, rosy is your charm; but what do you sell, yourself or the roses, or both?