Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.11.8 · 2.11.8
Anthia prays for the goatherd
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Ἡ δὲ μετὰ δακρύων λαβομένη τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ ἔφη θεοὶ καὶ Ἄρτεμι πατρῴα, τὸν αἰπόλον ὑπὲρ τούτων τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀμείψασθε, καὶ παρεκάλει πραθῆναι.
In tears she clasped his feet and said: "Gods, and Artemis of my fathers, repay the goatherd for this kindness!" And she begged to be sold.
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Book 2, chapter 11. Lampon has offered to sell Anthia abroad rather than kill her.
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Anthia prays to Ἄρτεμι πατρῴα, "Artemis of my fathers," the goddess of Ephesus. She first saw Habrocomes at Artemis' festival (1.3.1), and at sea she swore to stay faithful to him by "the goddess of our fathers, the great Artemis of the Ephesians" (1.11.5). Ἄρτεμι is the vocative, the form a name takes when someone is spoken to; Ἄρτεμις drops its final letter.
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