Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.11.2 · 2.11.2

Manto turns on her rival

Ὁ δὲ τῷ μὲν Μοίριδι συντίθεται, δεδοικὼς δὲ τὴν Μαντὼ ἔρχεται πρὸς αὐτὴν καὶ λέγει τὸν ἔρωτα τὸν Μοίριδος. Ἡ δὲ ἐν ὀργῇ γενομένη πασῶν ἔφη δυστυχεστάτη γυναικῶν ἐγώ· τὴν ζήλην περιάγομαι, δι’ ἣν τὰ μὲν πρῶτα ἐν Φοινίκῃ ἀφῃρέθην ⟨τοῦ⟩ ἐρωμένου, νυνὶ δὲ κινδυνεύω ⟨περὶ⟩ τοῦ ἀνδρός· ἀλλʼ οὐ χαίρουσά γε Ἄνθεια φανεῖται καλὴ καὶ Μοίριδι· ἐγὼ γὰρ αὐτὴν καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν Τύρῳ πράξομαι δίκας.

The goatherd agreed with Moeris, but out of fear of Manto he went to her and told her of Moeris' love. She fell into a rage. "I am the most unfortunate of all women!" she said. "I carry my rival around with me. Because of her I was first robbed of my beloved in Phoenicia, and now I am in danger of losing my husband. But Anthia will not get away with looking beautiful to Moeris too. I will make her pay for what happened in Tyre as well."

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The setting

Book 2, chapter 11. Moeris, Manto's husband, has asked the goatherd Lampon to help him win Anthia.

A note on this passage

Manto calls Anthia τὴν ζήλην, "my rival," a rare word from the family of ζῆλος, "jealousy, rivalry." Anthia, given to Manto as a gift, told Habrocomes that she was going "into the hands of the jealous woman," τῆς ζηλοτυπούσης (2.7.4). Manto's threat uses an old idiom, οὐ χαίρουσα, "not rejoicing," which means "not unpunished," and her father used it on Habrocomes: ἀλλ’ οὔτι χαιρήσεις, "you will not get away with it" (2.6.1).

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