Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.4.2 · 2.4.2
Leucon tells him of Manto
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Δοκεῖς τινι τῶν δεσποτῶν, Ἁβροκόμη, καλός· ἡ θυγατὴρ ἡ Ἀψύρτου πονήρως ἐπὶ σοὶ διάκειται, καὶ ἀντειπεῖν ἐρώσῃ βαρβάρῳ παρθένῳ χαλεπόν· σὺ οὖν ὅπως σοι δοκεῖ βουλευσάμενος σῶσον ἡμᾶς ἅπαντας καὶ μὴ περιίδῃς ὀργῇ δεσποτῶν ὑποπεσόντας.
"Habrocomes, one of our masters finds you handsome. Apsyrtus' daughter is in a bad way over you, and it is hard to refuse a barbarian girl in love. So decide as you think best, and save us all, and do not let us fall under the anger of our masters."
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Book 2, chapter 4. Leucon speaks to Habrocomes, with Anthia beside him.
A note on this passage
Leucon describes Manto in the words the narrator uses for lovesickness: πονήρως ἐπὶ σοὶ διάκειται, "she is in a bad way over you," the phrase used of Euxinus' love for Anthia (1.15.4) and of Manto herself (2.3.3). Then he hands the danger to Habrocomes: σῶσον ἡμᾶς ἅπαντας, "save us all." The oath Habrocomes swore at sea was a promise about himself, that he would live with no other woman (1.11.4). Leucon makes keeping it a danger to everyone with him.
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