"Εἴθ᾿ ἄπυρον καλὸν γενοίμην μέγα χρυσίον, καί με καλὴ γυνὴ φοροίη καθαρὸν θεμένη νόον."
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Anonymous scolion, as quoted by Athenaeus, xv, 695d, and translated by W. G. Headlam, A Book of Greek Verse (1907), p. 39; cp. Dio Chrysostom, i, 95
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