Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.14.4 · 2.14.4
They swear to help each other
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εὐδαίμονες. Ὁ δὲ Ἁβροκόμης τὴν μὲν Ἀνθείας ζήτησιν οὐ λέγει, συγκατατίθεται δὲ ἀναγκάζοντι τῷ Ἱπποθόῳ, καὶ ὅρκους ποιοῦσι συνεργήσειν τε καὶ συλλήψεσθαι· ἤλπιζε δὲ καὶ ὁ Ἁβροκόμης ἐν τῇ πολλῇ πλάνῃ τὴν Ἄνθειαν εὑρήσειν.
"…who are rich." Habrocomes did not speak of his search for Anthia, but he agreed with Hippothous, who pressed him, and they swore oaths to work together and to help each other. Habrocomes, too, hoped that in their long wandering he would find Anthia.
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Book 2, chapter 14. The last word of Hippothous' sentence, and Habrocomes' answer; this is the last section of Book 2.
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συγκατατίθεται, "he agrees," is the verb the narrator used for Anthia at the end of chapter 13, when Perilaus pressed her and she agreed to the marriage (2.13.8). The narrator uses it now for Habrocomes, who gives way to a man pressing him (ἀναγκάζοντι). In the oath, συλλήψεσθαι comes from συλλαμβάνω in its middle sense, "to help"; in the passive the same verb means "to be seized," and the narrator used it when Hippothous' men caught Anthia (συνελήφθησαν, 2.11.11).
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