Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 1.13.5 · 1.13.5
The pirates board the ship
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Ὡς δὲ πλησίον ἐγένοντο, ἀνεπήδησαν ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν ὡπλισμένοι, τὰ ξίφη γυμνὰ ἔχοντες· κἀνταῦθα οἱ μὲν ἐρρίπτουν ἑαυτοὺς ὑπʼ ἐκπλήξεως εἰς τὴν θάλατταν καὶ ἀπώλλυντο, οἱ δὲ ἀμύνεσθαι θέλοντες ἀπεσφάζοντο.
When they came close, they leapt onto the ship armed, with their swords drawn. Then some threw themselves into the sea in panic and perished, and others, who wanted to defend themselves, were slaughtered.
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The setting
Book 1, chapter 13. The pirates' trireme comes alongside the couple's ship, and the attack begins.
A note on this passage
Habrocomes' dream is coming true. In the dream the others ἀπόλλυσθαι, "perished," while he swam clear with Anthia (1.12.4); here the men who jump into the sea ἀπώλλυντο, the same verb.
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