Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.11.1 · 2.11.1
Moeris falls in love with Anthia
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Ἡ δὲ Ἄνθεια ἦν μέν τινα χρόνον παρὰ τῷ αἰπόλῳ, συνεχὲς δὲ ὁ Μοῖρις ὁ ἀνὴρ τῆς Μαντοῦς εἰς τὸ χωρίον ἐρχόμενος ἐρᾷ τῆς Ἀνθείας σφοδρὸν ἔρωτα. Καὶ τὰ μὲν πρῶτα ἐπειρᾶτο λανθάνειν, τελευταῖον δὲ λέγει τῷ αἰπόλῳ τὸν ἔρωτα καὶ πολλὰ ὑπισχνεῖτο συγκύψαντι.
Anthia stayed with the goatherd for some time. But Moeris, Manto's husband, who came to the farm constantly, fell fiercely in love with Anthia. At first he tried to keep it hidden, but at last he told the goatherd of his love and promised him a great deal if he would help him.
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The setting
Book 2, chapter 11. In Syria, Manto has given Anthia to her goatherd Lampon as a wife, and he has sworn to respect her.
A note on this passage
σφοδρὸν ἔρωτα, "a fierce love," has been said before of the pirate Corymbus' love for Habrocomes (1.14.7), and Rhode used the same words for Manto's love of him (2.3.7). Now it is Manto's own husband who loves Habrocomes' wife that way. συγκύψαντι, "if he would help," is literally "having put heads together," the verb Herodotus uses for bad men who join forces against the common good (Herodotus 3.82).
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