Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 1.5.3 · 1.5.3
Habrocomes prays where she can hear
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Ἐν τούτῳ ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τῆς θεοῦ διημερεύοντες ἐνεώρων ἀλλήλοις, εἰπεῖν τἀληθὲς φόβῳ πρὸς ἑκατέρους αἰδούμενοι· τοσοῦτο δέ· ἐστέναξεν ἄν ποτε Ἁβροκόμης καὶ ἐδάκρυσε καὶ προσεύχετο τῆς κόρης ἀκουούσης ἐλεεινῶς·
Meanwhile they spent their days in the temple of the goddess and gazed at each other, but out of fear they were ashamed to tell each other the truth. This much, though: now and then Habrocomes would groan and weep, and pray pitifully while the girl listened.
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The setting
Book 1, chapter 5. Their days are spent at the temple of Artemis, where they can see each other.
A note on this passage
In 1.1.3 some Ephesians bowed down to Habrocomes and prayed to him (προσεύξαντο) as if he were a god. Now he is the one who prays, in the temple of Artemis, with the girl listening. ἄν with a past tense marks something done again and again: Habrocomes "would groan" and weep.
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