Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.13.6 · 2.13.6
Perilaus falls in love
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Ἡ δὲ συνήθης αὐτὸν τῆς κόρης ὄψις εἰς ἔρωτα ἤγαγε, καὶ κατὰ μικρὸν ἑαλώκει Περίλαος Ἀνθείας. Ὡς δὲ ἧκον εἰς Ταρσόν, τοὺς μὲν λῃστὰς εἰς τὴν εἱρκτὴν παρέδωκε, τὴν δὲ Ἄνθειαν ἐθεράπευεν. Ἦν δὲ οὔτε γυνὴ τῷ Περιλάῳ οὔτε παῖδες, καὶ περιβολὴ χρημάτων οὐκ ὀλίγη.
Seeing the girl every day led him to love, and little by little Perilaus was captivated by Anthia. When they arrived in Tarsus, he handed the robbers over to the prison, but he looked after Anthia. Perilaus had neither a wife nor children, and he had no small store of wealth.
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Book 2, chapter 13. Perilaus is taking Anthia and the robbers he captured to Tarsus, the chief city of Cilicia.
A note on this passage
ἑαλώκει, "was captivated," is the verb for a city or a prisoner taken in war, so the man who has just captured the robbers is taken captive himself. The romance uses the verb for its lovers. Anthia "was taken" by Habrocomes at the festival in Ephesus (ἁλίσκεται, 1.3.1), and in Tyre Manto was taken as Perilaus is here, through her daily life near Habrocomes (ἐκ τῆς συνήθους μετὰ τοῦ Ἁβροκόμου διαίτης ἁλίσκεται, 2.3.2).
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