they bade him strip the rose garden of its buds
From LSJ
Ὅμοια πόρνη δάκρυα καὶ ῥήτωρ ἔχει → Lacrumae oratori eaedem ac meretrici cadunt → Von Dirne und von Redner sind die Tränen gleich
English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)
ἐκέλευον τὴν ῥοδωνίαν βλαστάνουσαν ἐκτίλλειν
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