ἀμπέλου δέ νιν πέριξ ἐγὼ 'κάλυψα βοτρυώδει χλόῃ
From LSJ
Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)
I have wreathed it round with the clustering green of the vine
