Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.4.6 · 2.4.6
Anthia offers to die
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κἀγὼ ὑμῖν ἄπειμι ἐκποδών, ἐμαυτὴν ἀποκτείνασα. Τοσοῦτον σοῦ δεήσομαι, θάψον αὐτὸς καὶ φίλησον πεσοῦσαν καὶ μέμνησο Ἀνθείας. Ταῦτα πάντα εἰς μείζονα συμφορὰν τὸν Ἁβροκόμην ἦγε καὶ ἠπόρει ὅστις γένηται.
"And I will get out of your way by killing myself. This much I will ask of you: bury me yourself, and kiss me when I have fallen, and remember Anthia." All this brought Habrocomes into greater distress, and he was at a loss what was to become of him.
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Book 2, chapter 4. Anthia finishes her plea to Habrocomes.
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In Anthia's plan she keeps her half of the oath and he gives up his. At sea she swore that if she were torn from him even for a short while she would not live (1.11.5); here she offers to die so that he can live. Her request θάψον αὐτός, "bury me yourself," echoes the cry of Habrocomes' old tutor as he swam after the pirate ship: "Kill me yourself, unhappy as I am, and bury me" (1.14.5).
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