Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 1.4.4 · 1.4.4
He surrenders to Eros
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Ταῦτα ἔλεγε, καὶ ὁ θεὸς σφοδρότερος αὐτῷ ἐνέκειτο καὶ εἷλκεν ἀντιτείνοντα καὶ ὠδύνα μὴ θέλοντα. Οὐκέτι δὴ καρτερῶν, ῥίψας ἑαυτὸν εἰς γῆν νενίκηκας εἶπεν, Ἔρως, μέγα σοι τρόπαιον ἐγήγερται καθ’ Ἁβροκόμου τοῦ σώφρονος·
He said this, and the god pressed him harder, and dragged him as he pulled back, and pained him against his will. Now, no longer holding out, Habrocomes threw himself to the ground and said: "You have won, Eros. A great trophy has been raised for you over Habrocomes the self-controlled."
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The setting
Book 1, chapter 4. Habrocomes has just resolved that Eros will never master him.
A note on this passage
Eros pains him μὴ θέλοντα, "against his will." In 1.1.5 Habrocomes said that no one would ever fall in love or submit to the god μὴ θέλων, "unwilling," and the god answers him in his own words. Habrocomes then surrenders like a beaten army. A τρόπαιον, "trophy," was the monument of a victory, named from τροπή, the moment the enemy turned to run, and Eros has been making war on him since he armed himself in 1.2.1.
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