Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 1.11.4 · 1.11.4
Habrocomes asks for an oath
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ἂν δʼ ἄρα τι ᾖ πεπρωμένον παθεῖν, καί πως ἀλλήλων ἀπαλλαγῶμεν, ὀμόσωμεν ἑαυτοῖς, φιλτάτη, ὡς σὺ μὲν ἐμοὶ μενεῖς ἁγνὴ καὶ ἄλλον ἄνδρα οὐχ ὑπομενεῖς, ἐγὼ δὲ ὅτι οὐκ ⟨ἂν⟩ ἄλλῃ γυναικὶ συνοικήσαιμι.
"But if after all it is fated for us to suffer something, and somehow we are parted from each other, let us swear to each other, dearest, that you will stay chaste for me and will not submit to another man, and that I would not live with another woman."
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Book 1, chapter 11. Habrocomes goes on speaking to Anthia.
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This oath is the one the rest of the story tests. At the reunion in the last book Anthia answers it in its own words, ἁγνὴ μένω σοι, "I remain chaste for you" (5.14.2), and Habrocomes swears that no other woman pleased him (5.14.4). In his half of the oath here, the ἄν that makes his verb "I would" is not in the manuscript: the editor supplies it.
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