Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.2.1 · 2.2.1
Apsyrtus asks for the captives
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Καὶ τοῖς μὲν ταῦτα ἐδέδοκτο· ἐν δὲ τούτῳ Ἄψυρτος ὁ προεστὼς τοῦ λῃστηρίου πυθόμενος ὅτι τε ἥκουσιν οἱ περὶ τὸν Κόρυμβον καὶ ὅτι πολλὰ εἶεν καὶ θαυμάσια κομίζοντες χρήματα, ἧκεν εἰς τὸ χωρίον καὶ εἶδέ τε τοὺς περὶ ⟨τὸν⟩ Ἁβροκόμην καὶ κατεπλάγη τὴν εὐμορφίαν καὶ εὐθὺς μέγα κέρδος νομίζων ᾐτήσατο ἐκείνους.
And this was what they had decided. Meanwhile Apsyrtus, the leader of the pirate band, learned that Corymbus and his men had come and that they were bringing many wonderful riches. He came to the estate and saw Habrocomes and his people, and he was amazed at their beauty; and at once, thinking them a great profit, he asked for them.
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Book 2, chapter 2. Captives on a pirate chief's estate near Tyre, Habrocomes and Anthia have resolved to die rather than give in to the two pirates who love them.
A note on this passage
At 1.15.5 Euxinus told Corymbus that they could get the two captives from Apsyrtus as a gift, picked out for them. Apsyrtus comes to the estate in person and asks for the pair himself. Corymbus and Euxinus wanted the two because each loved one of them (1.14.7, 1.15.4); Apsyrtus counts them μέγα κέρδος, "a great profit."
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