Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 1.16.7 · 1.16.7
Anthia gives the same answer
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Καὶ ὁ μὲν Εὔξεινος ἀνεχώρει· ὁ δὲ Κόρυμβος τῇ Ἀνθείᾳ διείλεκτο τὸν ἔρωτα τὸν Εὐξείνου καὶ τὴν παροῦσαν ἀνάγκην καὶ ὅτι δεῖ πάντως αὐτὴν πείθεσθαι τοῖς δεσπόταις· ὑπέσχετο δὲ πολλά καὶ γάμον νόμιμον καὶ χρήματα πεισθείσῃ καὶ περιουσίαν. Ἡ δὲ αὐτῷ τὰ ὅμοια ἀπεκρίνατο, αἰτησαμένη βραχὺν βουλεύσασθαι χρόνον.
Euxinus went away. Corymbus had spoken to Anthia of Euxinus' love, of the necessity she was under, and of how she must obey her masters at all costs, and he promised her many things, a lawful marriage and money and wealth, if she gave in. She answered him in the same way, asking for a short time to think it over.
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Book 1, chapter 16. Meanwhile Corymbus has been speaking to Anthia.
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διείλεκτο means "had spoken": the two talks took place at the same time, in different places. Anthia, taken aside on her own, gives Corymbus the same answer (τὰ ὅμοια) and asks for the same short time. Corymbus offers her γάμον νόμιμον, "a lawful marriage"; she has one already, made in Ephesus before the voyage (1.7.2–1.8.3).
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