Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.6.4 · 2.6.4
A show for the bridegroom
Read the full text in our reader
Προσῆγεν αὐτῷ καὶ δεσμὰ φοβερὰ καὶ πῦρ καὶ μάλιστα ἐχρῆτο ταῖς βασάνοις κατʼ αὐτοῦ, τῷ νυμφίῳ τῆς θυγατρὸς ἐνδεικνύμενος ὅτι σώφρονα παρθένον ἄξεται.
He brought both terrible chains and fire upon him, and above all he used the tortures on him, showing his daughter's bridegroom that he would be marrying a chaste girl.
Word by word
The setting
Book 2, chapter 6. Apsyrtus has brought a bridegroom for Manto from Syria, a man named Moeris.
A note on this passage
Habrocomes had told Manto in his letter that she could use these on him: "if you want to torture me, torture me as you like; but I would not come to your bed" (2.5.4). Apsyrtus uses them as a show for the bridegroom, to prove that Manto is σώφρων, "chaste." It is the word Manto used in mockery when she lied about him: "the σώφρων Habrocomes" (2.5.7).
Read the full commentary — and tap any word for its dictionary entry — in the interlinear reader.
Open Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.6.4 in the full reader
Always open passages in the reader
From the Great Library
You are reading a page of the Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale — the whole book is free in our interlinear reader.
The Great Library Project presses the classics in their original languages, glossed word by word — free to read, always. Browse the whole library.
Also on our shelves:
Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.6.4 — The Great Library Project interlinear edition · greatlibraryproject.com/book/ephesiantale/2.6.4/