Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.6.2 · 2.6.2
Apsyrtus will not hear a word
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Εἰπὼν οὐκέτι ἀνασχόμενος οὐδὲ λόγου ἀκοῦσαι ἐκέλευσε περιρρῆξαι τὴν ἐσθῆτα αὐτοῦ τοῖς οἰκέταις καὶ φέρειν πῦρ καὶ μάστιγας καὶ παίειν τὸ μειράκιον.
Having said this, he would no longer bear to hear even a word. He ordered the slaves to tear his clothes off him, to bring fire and whips, and to beat the youth.
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The setting
Book 2, chapter 6. Apsyrtus has just threatened to make an example of Habrocomes.
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The order repeats what Manto did to herself when she went to her father with her lie: she tore her hair and met him περιρρηξαμένη τὴν ἐσθῆτα, "with her clothes torn" (2.5.6). Now the same verb is turned on Habrocomes. In Genesis, too, clothing serves the false charge: Joseph runs from Potiphar's wife and leaves his garment in her hand, and she shows it to his master as proof (Genesis 39:12–18).
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