"Οὐκέτι δή σε λίγεια κατ᾽ ἀφνεὸν Ἀλκίδος οἶκον ἀκρὶ μελιζομέναν ὄψεται ἀέλιος: ἤδη γὰρ λειμῶνας ἐπὶ Κλυμένου πεπότησαι καὶ δροσερὰ χρυσέας ἄνθεα Περσεφόνας."
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: 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.
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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.
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