Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 1.11.3 · 1.11.3
Habrocomes sighs and speaks
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Καὶ ἦν ὁ πλοῦς αὐτοῖς οὔριος· λόγοι δὲ ἐν αὐτοῖς πολλοὶ πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἆρα ἡμῖν ὑπάρξει συγκαταβιῶναι μετʼ ἀλλήλων; Καὶ δή ποτε ὁ Ἁβροκόμης μέγα ἀναστενάξας, ἐν ὑπομνήσει τῶν ἑαυτοῦ γενόμενος Ἄνθεια ἔφησε, τῆς ψυχῆς μοι ποθεινοτέρα, μάλιστα μὲν εὐτυχεῖν εἴη καὶ σώζεσθαι μετʼ ἀλλήλων·
They had a fair wind for the voyage, and many words passed between them: "Will it be granted us to live out our lives together?" At one point Habrocomes gave a deep sigh, remembering his own fortunes, and said: "Anthia, dearer to me than my life, above all may it be ours to be fortunate and to stay safe together."
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The setting
Book 1, chapter 11. Sailing on from Samos; Apollo's oracle has foretold terrible sufferings for them both (1.6.2).
A note on this passage
Habrocomes begins the way Megamedes' prayer from the shore began, μάλιστα μέν, "above all" (1.10.10): first the hope that all goes well, then, in the next breath, what to do if it does not. Megamedes ended by saying that if the worst happened the parents would not go on living either; in a moment Anthia will say the same of herself (1.11.5).
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