Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 1.10.7 · 1.10.7
Habrocomes' parents lie on the ground
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Ἐν τούτῳ μὲν οὖν ὁ Λυκομήδης καὶ ἡ Θεμιστώ, πάντων ἅμα ἐν ὑπομνήσει γενόμενοι, τοῦ χρησμοῦ, τοῦ παιδός, τῆς ἀποδημίας, ἔκειντο εἰς γῆν ἀθυμοῦντες· ὁ δὲ Μεγαμήδης καὶ ἡ Εὐίππη ἐπεπόνθεσαν μὲν τὰ αὐτά, εὐθυμότεροι δὲ ἦσαν, τὰ τέλη σκοποῦντες τῶν μεμαντευμένων.
Meanwhile Lycomedes and Themisto, remembering everything at once, the oracle, their son, the journey abroad, lay on the ground in despair. Megamedes and Euippe had felt the same, but they were more cheerful, looking to the outcome of the prophecies.
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Book 1, chapter 10. Both families are at the harbor as the ship makes ready to sail.
A note on this passage
Lycomedes and Themisto are ἀθυμοῦντες, "losing heart," as they were when their son lay sick (ἐν πολλῇ ἀθυμίᾳ, 1.5.5), while Anthia's parents are εὐθυμότεροι, "in better heart." Both words are built on θυμός, "spirit, heart," one with ἀ-, "without," the other with εὐ-, "well"; εὐθυμότεροι is also the word for the young couple on the morning after the wedding (1.10.1). The outcome Megamedes and Euippe look to is in the oracle's last line: after their sufferings the two "have a better fate" (1.6.2).
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