Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.11.5 · 2.11.5
Anthia asks for a burial
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ἀλλὰ δέομαι σοῦ, Λάμπων αἰπόλε, ὃς μέχρι νῦν εὐσέβησας, ἂν ἀποκτείνῃς, κἂν ὀλίγον θάψον με τῇ παρακειμένῃ γῇ καὶ ὀφθαλμοῖς τοῖς ἐμοῖς χεῖρας ἐπίβαλε τὰς σὰς καὶ θάπτων συνεχὲς Ἁβροκόμην κάλει· αὕτη γένοιτʼ ἂν εὐδαίμων ἐμοὶ μεθʼ Ἁβροκόμου ταφή.
"But I beg you, Lampon, goatherd, you who have been pious until now: if you kill me, bury me, if only a little, in the earth nearby. Lay your hands on my eyes, and as you bury me, call on Habrocomes again and again. That would be a happy burial for me, with Habrocomes."
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Book 2, chapter 11. Anthia, who has just heard Manto's order, goes on speaking to the goatherd.
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Anthia has asked for burial once before. When she urged Habrocomes to give in to Manto, she began with the same words, ἀλλὰ δέομαι σοῦ, "but I beg you," and said she would kill herself; she asked him only θάψον αὐτός, "bury me yourself," and to remember Anthia (2.4.5–6). Now that she thinks he is dead, she asks the goatherd to call his name as he buries her, and she counts that as a burial "with Habrocomes."
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