Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.3.3 · 2.3.3
Manto turns to Rhode
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δι’ ἃ δὴ καὶ μᾶλλον ἀνεκάετο καὶ διέκειτο πονήρως· καὶ οὐκέτι καρτεροῦσα ἔγνω πρὸς τὴν Ῥόδην, τὴν σύντροφον τῆς Ἀνθείας, οὖσαν ἡλικιῶτιν καὶ κόρην, κατειπεῖν τὸν ἔρωτα· ταύτην γὰρ μόνην ἤλπιζε συνεργήσειν αὐτῇ πρὸς τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν.
For this very reason she burned all the more and was in a bad way. No longer able to hold out, she decided to reveal her love to Rhode, who had been brought up with Anthia and was a girl of her own age; for she hoped that Rhode alone would help her in her desire.
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The setting
Book 2, chapter 3. Manto loves Habrocomes, but she has told no one.
A note on this passage
Manto takes the step Corymbus took at Tyre, and the narrator describes her in his words. When Corymbus was "no longer holding out" (οὐκέτι καρτερῶν, 1.15.2), he confided his love to a fellow pirate and asked him to be his helper (1.15.3). The helper Manto picks is Rhode, Anthia's σύντροφος, a word that means "brought up together": the slave girl who grew up beside Habrocomes' wife.
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