Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 1.15.2 · 1.15.2
Kind words at Tyre
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ἐπεὶ δὲ κατήχθησαν εἰς Τύρον, οὐκέτι καρτερῶν τὰ μὲν πρῶτα ἐθεράπευε τὸν Ἁβροκόμην καὶ θαρρεῖν παρεκάλει καὶ πᾶσαν ἐπιμέλειαν προσέφερεν·
But when they put in at Tyre, Corymbus waited no longer. At first he looked after Habrocomes, urged him to take heart, and showed him every care.
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Book 1, chapter 15. Tyre, in Phoenicia, is where the pirates have their homes.
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θεραπεύω covers more than English "look after." It is the verb for a servant waiting on a master and for the worship of the gods; doctors use it for treating the sick, and its noun θεραπεία gave English "therapy"; in prose it also means to court someone whose favor you want (Herodotus 3.80). In the next section Habrocomes takes Corymbus' attentions for pity.
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