Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.5.5 · 2.5.5
Manto plans her revenge
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Λαβοῦσα ταῦτα τὰ γράμματα ἡ Μαντὼ ἐν ὀργῇ ἀκατασχέτῳ γίνεται καὶ ἀναμίξασα πάντα, φθόνον, ζηλοτυπίαν, λύπην, φόβον, ἐνενόει ὅπως τιμωρήσεται τὸν ὑπερηφανοῦντα.
When Manto received this letter, she fell into a rage beyond control. Mixing everything together, envy, jealousy, grief and fear, she began to plan how she would punish the man who scorned her.
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The setting
Book 2, chapter 5. The maid carries Habrocomes' answer back to her mistress Manto.
A note on this passage
Manto now plans what Eros planned in Book 1. When Habrocomes scorned the god, Eros "was planning" (ἐνενόει) to exact a great punishment for his contempt (1.4.5); here Manto ἐνενόει how she would punish τὸν ὑπερηφανοῦντα, "the man who scorned her." Of her four feelings, ζηλοτυπία is the jealousy of a lover who has a rival, and Anthia later calls Manto "the jealous woman" (τῆς ζηλοτυπούσης, 2.7.4).
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