Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.14.3 · 2.14.3

Hippothous proposes to leave Cilicia, where Anthia is now held in Tarsus (2.13.5) and where Habrocomes was heading on the goatherd's word (2.12.3). Cappadocia is the upland country of central Asia Minor to the north of Cilicia; Pontus lies beyond it along the Black Sea. When Habrocomes later hears Hippothous tell of a girl who came wandering to the robbers' cave, he knows her for Anthia and cries, "Let us turn to Cilicia" (Ἐπὶ Κιλικίαν τραπώμεθα, 3.3.4–5).

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