Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.3.8 · 2.3.8
Leucon will see to everything
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σκόπει τοίνυν τί δεῖ ποιεῖν· τὸ γὰρ ἀντειπεῖν τῇ βαρβάρῳ σφαλερόν, τὸ δὲ ἀποζεῦξαι Ἁβροκόμην Ἀνθείας ἀδύνατον. Ἀκούσας ὁ Λεύκων δακρύων ἐνεπλήσθη, μεγάλας ἐκ τούτων συμφορὰς προσδοκῶν· ὀψὲ δὲ ἀνενεγκὼν σιώπα ἔφη, Ῥόδη, ἐγὼ γὰρ ἕκαστα διοικήσω.
"So think what we must do. To refuse the barbarian woman is dangerous, and to part Habrocomes from Anthia is impossible." When Leucon heard this he was filled with tears, for he expected great misfortunes to come of it. At last he recovered himself and said, "Hush, Rhode. I will manage everything."
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The setting
Book 2, chapter 3. Rhode finishes telling Leucon of Manto's love and her threats.
A note on this passage
ἀποζεῦξαι means "to unyoke," to free a pair of oxen or horses from the yoke they pull together, and the ancients pictured a married couple the same way: Latin coniunx, "spouse," shares its root with iugum, "yoke," and the same family of words gave English "conjugal." Rhode calls the parting impossible, and the reader knows why: on the voyage Habrocomes swore that he would not live with another woman (1.11.4–6).
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