Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.13.4 · 2.13.4
Only Hippothous escapes
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Οὗτος ὁ Περίλαος ἐπέστη τοῖς λῃσταῖς μετὰ πλήθους πολλοῦ καὶ πάντας ἀπέκτεινεν, ὀλίγους δὲ καὶ ζῶντας ἔλαβε· μόνος δὲ ὁ Ἱππόθοος ἠδυνήθη διαφυγεῖν ἀράμενος τὰ ὅπλα.
This Perilaus fell upon the robbers with a large force and killed them all, though he also took a few alive. Only Hippothous managed to escape, taking up his weapons.
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The setting
Book 2, chapter 13. Perilaus and his men have come upon the robbers in the forest at the moment of the sacrifice.
A note on this passage
ἐπέστη, "came upon," is the verb the narrator used when the pirates fell on the couple's ship (ἐφίστανται, 1.13.4); this time the attack frees Anthia instead of making her a captive. "Killed them all" is loose, since in the same breath Perilaus takes a few alive: these are the prisoners he hands over in Tarsus (2.13.6). Hippothous gets away armed, and the story keeps him for later: in the next chapter Habrocomes meets him, still armed, near the robbers' cave, and the two swear oaths to help each other (2.14.1–2.14.4).
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