Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale 2.7.5 · 2.7.5
She swears to stay his
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σὺ δὲ ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ μείνας οἰκτρῶς ἀποθνήσκεις, οὐκ ἔχων οὐδὲ ὅστις σου τὸ σῶμα κοσμήσει· ἀλλʼ ὀμνύω σοι τὸν ἀμφοτέρων δαίμονα ὡς ἐγὼ μενῶ σὴ καὶ ζῶσα κἂν ἀποθανεῖν δεήσῃ. Ταῦτα λέγουσα ἐφίλει τε αὐτὸν καὶ περιέβαλλε καὶ τὰ δεσμὰ ἠσπάζετο καὶ τῶν ποδῶν προυκυλίετο.
"And you will stay in the prison and die pitifully, and you will not have even one person to lay out your body. But I swear to you by the fate of us both that I will stay yours, while I live and even if I must die." As she said this she kissed him and embraced him, kissed his chains, and threw herself down at his feet.
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The setting
Book 2, chapter 7. Anthia is still speaking to Habrocomes in the prison.
A note on this passage
Anthia's vow, μενῶ σὴ ... κἂν ἀποθανεῖν δεήσῃ, "I will stay yours ... even if I must die," comes back in nearly the same words in Book 4. Held in a robbers' cave, and believing Habrocomes dead, she cries out again and again: Ἁβροκόμου μόνου γυνὴ μενῶ, κἂν ἀποθανεῖν δέῃ, "I will stay the wife of Habrocomes alone, even if I must die" (4.5.3).
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