Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 1.16.5 · 1.16.5
Euxinus turns to threats
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Ἐννόησον δὲ ἐν οἷς ὑπάρχεις· βοηθὸς μὲν οὐδείς, γῆ δὲ αὕτη ξένη καὶ δεσπόται λῃσταὶ καὶ οὐδεμία τιμωρίας ἀποφυγὴ ὑπερηφανήσαντι Κόρυμβον. Τί δέ σοι γυναικὸς δεῖ νῦν καὶ πραγμάτων; τί δὲ ἐρωμένης τηλικῷδε ὄντι; πάντα ἀπόρριψον, πρὸς μόνον δεῖ σε τὸν δεσπότην βλέπειν, τούτῳ κελεύσαντι ὑπακούειν.
"Think about where you are. There is no one to help you, this land is foreign, your masters are pirates, and there is no escape from punishment for anyone who scorns Corymbus. Why do you need a wife now, and troubles? Why a sweetheart, when you are so young? Throw it all away. You must look to your master alone, and obey him when he commands."
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Book 1, chapter 16. The end of Euxinus' speech.
A note on this passage
ὑπερηφανήσαντι, "one who scorns," is the verb that goes with ὑπερήφανος, "proud." At the start of the book Eros was "merciless to the proud" (ὑπερηφάνοις ἀπαραίτητος, 1.2.1), and Habrocomes paid for scorning a god. Now the word returns as a pirate's threat: there is no escape for one who scorns Corymbus. One of the reasons Euxinus gives is that "your masters are pirates," a fact he speaks from the pirates' side.
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