Book 5

1.1. So Anthia was shut up in the pit with the dogs, and Amphinomus each time comforted her and made the dogs gentle by feeding them. Habrocomes, completing the voyage from Egypt, did not reach Italy itself (for the wind drove the ship off and turned it from the direct course), but brought it to Sicily, and they put in at Syracuse, a great and beautiful city.

1.2. When Habrocomes came there, he decided to go about the island and search whether he might learn anything about Anthia. So he lodged near the sea with an old man named Aegialeus, a fisherman by trade. This Aegialeus was poor and a stranger, and made a bare living from his trade; but he received Habrocomes gladly, regarded him as his own son, and loved him beyond measure.

1.3. And at last, from their long companionship, Habrocomes told him his story, and spoke of Anthia and his love and his wandering; and Aegialeus began the story of his own life.

1.4. "I," he said, "child Habrocomes, am neither a Sicilian nor a native of this place, but a Spartan, a Lacedaemonian, of those who are foremost in power there, and I had great abundance.

1.5. When I was young I fell in love with a girl, a fellow citizen, Thelxinoe by name, and Thelxinoe loved me in return. When an all-night festival was being held in the city, we came together, the god guiding us both, and we enjoyed what we had come together for.

1.6. For some time we were together in secret, and we swore to each other often to love until death; but some god grew jealous of us. While I was still among the youths, Thelxinoe's parents gave her in marriage to a young man of the country, Androcles by name; and Androcles was already in love with her.

1.7. At first the girl made many pretexts to put off the marriage; but at last, finding herself able to be with me, she agreed to leave Lacedaemon by night with me. So we dressed ourselves as young men, and I cut Thelxinoe's hair short.

1.8. On the very night of the wedding, then, we left the city and went to Argos and Corinth, and from there set sail and came to Sicily. The Lacedaemonians, learning of our flight, condemned us to death. But we lived here in want of provisions, yet glad, and thinking that we enjoyed everything, because we were together.

1.9. And here, not long ago, Thelxinoe died, and her body is not buried; for I keep it with me, and always love her and am with her."

1.10. As he spoke he led Habrocomes into an inner room and showed him Thelxinoe, a woman old now, but to Aegialeus still as beautiful as a girl; her body had been embalmed in the Egyptian manner, for the old man was skilled in this too.

1.11. "To her, then, child Habrocomes," he said, "I always talk as to one living, and lie beside her and feast with her; and if ever I come back weary from fishing, the sight of her consoles me. For she does not appear to me such as she now seems to you; but I think, child, of what she was in Lacedaemon, and what she was in our flight. I think of the festival nights, I think of our compact."

1.12. While Aegialeus was still speaking, Habrocomes lamented and said, "But you, most unhappy girl of all, when shall I find you again, even dead? To Aegialeus the body of Thelxinoe is a great comfort of his life, and now I have truly learned that true love has no limit of age.

1.13. But I wander over every land and sea, and have not been able to hear anything of you. O unhappy oracles! O Apollo, who gave us the cruellest of all prophecies, take pity now and give the fulfilment of what you foretold."

2.1. So Habrocomes, lamenting thus and comforted by Aegialeus, lived in Syracuse, now sharing too in Aegialeus' trade. Meanwhile Hippothous and his men had built up a great band, and decided to leave Ethiopia and undertake greater enterprises.

2.2. For it no longer seemed to Hippothous enough to rob man by man, unless he also attacked villages and cities. So, taking those with him and loading up everything (he had many beasts of burden and not a few camels), he left Ethiopia and went toward Egypt and Alexandria, and planned to make for Phoenicia and Syria again.

2.3. He supposed Anthia to be dead. But Amphinomus, who guarded her in the pit, being amorously disposed and unwilling to be parted from the girl through his tenderness toward her and the calamity that lay upon her, did not follow Hippothous, but slipped away unnoticed among the many others and hid himself in a cave with the provisions he had gathered.

2.4. When night came, Hippothous and his men had come to a village of Egypt called Areia, wishing to plunder it; but Amphinomus dug open the pit, brought out Anthia, and urged her to take heart.

2.5. And when she was still afraid and suspicious, he swore by the sun and the gods of Egypt that he would indeed keep her pure of marriage, until she herself should one day be persuaded and willing to consent. Anthia trusted Amphinomus' oaths and followed him; and the dogs did not leave them, but, having grown familiar, were fond of them.

2.6. So they came to Coptos, and there decided to pass the days until Hippothous and his men should be far along the road; and they tended the dogs, that these might have provisions.

2.7. Hippothous and his men, falling upon the village of Areia, killed many of the inhabitants and burned the houses; and they went down not by the same road but by way of the Nile. For gathering all the boats from the villages between, they embarked and sailed toward Schedia, and . . . and from there, disembarking, they made their way along the banks of the Nile through the rest of Egypt.

3.1. Meanwhile the governor of Egypt had learned of what had happened at Areia, and of Hippothous' band, and that they were coming from Ethiopia. So he made ready many soldiers, set over them as commander one of his own kinsmen, Polyidus, a young man graceful to look upon and noble in action, and sent him against the robbers.

3.2. This Polyidus, taking the army, met Hippothous and his men at Pelusium, and at once, beside the banks, there was a battle, and many fell on each side; but when night came on, the robbers were routed, and all were slain by the soldiers, though some were also taken alive.

3.3. Hippothous alone, throwing away his arms, fled by night and came to Alexandria; and from there, managing to escape unnoticed, he boarded a ship that was putting out and set sail. His whole impulse was toward Sicily; for there he thought he would best escape notice and find a living, and he heard that the island was great and prosperous.

4.1. Polyidus did not think it enough to have overcome the robbers who had engaged him, but decided he must search out and clear Egypt, in case he might find Hippothous or any of his men.

4.2. So, taking part of the army and the captured robbers, that they might point out anyone who appeared, he sailed up the Nile, searched the cities, and planned to go as far as Ethiopia.

4.3. So they came also to Coptos, where Anthia was with Amphinomus. She happened to be at the house, but the captured robbers recognized Amphinomus and told Polyidus; and Amphinomus was taken, and on being questioned told the story of Anthia.

4.4. Hearing this, Polyidus ordered her too to be brought, and when she came he inquired who she was and where from; but she told nothing of the truth, only that she was an Egyptian and had been taken by the robbers.

4.5. Then Polyidus too fell in love with Anthia, a violent love (though he had a wife in Alexandria); and having fallen in love, at first he tried to persuade her with great promises. At last, as they were going down to Alexandria and came to Memphis, Polyidus attempted to force Anthia.

4.6. But she, managing to escape, came to the temple of Isis, and becoming a suppliant said, "Save me again, mistress of Egypt, you who have helped me so often. Let Polyidus too spare one who, for your sake, is kept chaste for Habrocomes."

4.7. Polyidus at once feared the goddess, and at the same time loved Anthia and pitied her fortune; he came to the temple alone and swore that he would never force Anthia, nor commit any outrage against her, but would keep her pure as long as she herself should wish; for it seemed enough to him, in his love, even only to look upon her and talk with her.

4.8. Anthia trusted his oaths and came down from the temple; and when they had decided to rest themselves for three days in Memphis, Anthia went to the temple of Apis. This is the most renowned shrine in Egypt, and the god gives oracles to those who wish.

4.9. For whenever someone comes forward and prays and makes his request of the god, he himself goes out, and the Egyptian children before the temple foretell each thing that is to be, some in plain prose, some in verse.

4.10. So Anthia came and fell before Apis. "O most kindly of the gods," she said, "you who pity all strangers, take pity on me too, ill-fated as I am, and give me a true oracle about Habrocomes.

4.11. For if I shall see him again and have him for my husband, I will stay and live; but if he is dead, it is well for me too to be rid of this wretched life." So saying, and bursting into tears, she went out of the temple; and thereupon the children playing before the precinct cried out together, "Anthia will soon have Habrocomes, her own husband." Hearing this she became more cheerful and prayed to the gods; and at the same time they set off for Alexandria.

5.1. But Polyidus' wife had learned that he was bringing a girl he loved, and fearing that the stranger might outshine her, she said nothing to Polyidus, but planned by herself how to take vengeance on the one she thought was plotting against her marriage.

5.2. So Polyidus reported to the governor of Egypt what had happened, and managed the rest of his office's affairs at the camp; and while he was away, Rhenaea (for so Polyidus' wife was called) sent for Anthia (who was at the house), rent her clothes, and beat her body,

5.3. saying, "You wretch, plotter against my marriage, in vain did you seem beautiful to Polyidus; for this beauty of yours will do you no good. Perhaps you could win over robbers and lie with many drunken young men; but you shall never insult the bed of Rhenaea and rejoice in it."

5.4. So saying, she cut off Anthia's hair, put bonds on her, and handing her over to a trusty servant, Clytus by name, ordered him to put her aboard a ship, take her to Italy, and sell Anthia to a brothel-keeper. "For thus," she said, "the beautiful one will be able to take her fill of her wantonness."

5.5. So Anthia was led off by Clytus, weeping and lamenting. "O treacherous beauty," she said, "O unhappy loveliness, why do you cling to me and torment me? Why do you become the cause of so many evils for me? Were not the tombs, the murders, the bonds, the robber bands enough, but now I am to stand in a brothel too, and a brothel-keeper will force me to break the chastity I have kept until now for Habrocomes?

5.6. But, master," she said, falling at the knees of Clytus, "do not bring me to that punishment, but kill me yourself. I will not endure a brothel-keeper for a master; believe me, we are accustomed to chastity." So she begged; and Clytus pitied her.

5.7. So she was carried off to Italy, and Rhenaea, when Polyidus came, told him that Anthia had run away; and he, from what had already been done, believed her. But Anthia was put ashore at Tarentum, a city of Italy; and there Clytus, fearing Rhenaea's orders, sold her to a brothel-keeper.

5.8. He, seeing beauty such as he had never beheld before, thought he would have great profit from the girl, and for some days let her recover from the voyage, worn out as she was, and from Rhenaea's beatings. Meanwhile Clytus came to Alexandria and reported to Rhenaea what had been done.

6.1. Hippothous, completing his voyage, put in at Sicily, not at Syracuse, but at Tauromenium, and looked for a means to get provisions. As for Habrocomes, when a long time had passed in Syracuse, despondency fell upon him, and a terrible perplexity, because he neither found Anthia nor got safe home to his fatherland.

6.2. So he decided to sail from Sicily, go up to Italy, and from there, if he found nothing of what he sought, to sail an unhappy voyage to Ephesus. By now their parents and all the Ephesians were in deep mourning, since no messenger had come from them and no letters; and they sent out everywhere those who should search for them.

6.3. Unable, through despondency and old age, to hold out, the parents of both took themselves out of life. And Habrocomes went on the road toward Italy; while Leucon and Rhode, the foster-companions of Habrocomes and Anthia—their master having died at Xanthus and left them his estate (which was large)—decided to sail to Ephesus, supposing that by now their masters were safe, and having had enough experience of the misfortune of being abroad.

6.4. Putting all their goods aboard a ship, they set sail for Ephesus, and after completing the voyage in a few days came to Rhodes. There, learning that Habrocomes and Anthia were not yet safe, and that their parents had died, they decided not to go down to Ephesus, but to stay there for a time until they should learn something about their masters.

7.1. When some time had passed, the brothel-keeper who had bought Anthia compelled her to stand before the establishment. So, adorning her in beautiful clothing and much gold, he led her out to stand at the house. But she gave a great cry and said, "Alas for my troubles!

7.2. Were my former misfortunes not enough—the bonds, the robber bands—but now I am forced to be a prostitute as well? O beauty, justly insulted, why do you cling to me so untimely? But why do I lament these things and not find some device by which to guard the chastity I have kept until now?"

7.3. So saying, she was led to the house of the brothel-keeper, who partly urged her to take heart and partly threatened her. When she came and stood there, a crowd flowed in of those who marvelled at her beauty, and many were ready to lay down money for their desire.

7.4. But she, in her hopeless plight, found a device for escape: she fell to the ground, let her body go slack, and imitated those who suffer the so-called sacred disease. The bystanders felt both pity and fear, and they gave up their desire for intercourse and tended Anthia.

7.5. The brothel-keeper, realizing what trouble he had fallen into and thinking the girl truly ill, took her into the house, laid her down, and tended her; and when she seemed to have come to herself, he inquired the cause of the illness.

7.6. Anthia said, "Even before, master, I wished to tell you my misfortune and relate what had happened, but I kept it hidden out of shame; now there is nothing hard in telling you, since you have already learned everything about me.

7.7. While I was still a child, at a festival and an all-night vigil, I strayed from my own people and came to the tomb of a man recently dead; and there someone appeared to me, leaping up out of the tomb, and tried to hold me.

7.8. I fled and cried out. The man was terrible to look upon, and had a voice much harsher still; and at last, when day was already coming on, he let me go, struck me on the chest, and said he had cast this disease into me.

7.9. From that time I am seized, now in one way, now another, by the affliction. But I beg you, master, do not be angry with me; for I am not to blame for this. You will be able to sell me and lose nothing of the price you paid." Hearing this, the brothel-keeper was vexed, but forgave her, since she suffered these things unwillingly.

8.1. So she was tended as one ill at the brothel-keeper's. But Habrocomes, having sailed up from Sicily, put in at Nuceria in Italy; and at a loss what to do, in want of provisions, at first he went about searching for Anthia.

8.2. For she was the foundation of his whole life and of his wandering; but when he found nothing (for the girl was at Tarentum with the brothel-keeper), he hired himself out to those who worked the stone.

8.3. The work was hard for him, for his body was not used to submitting itself to vigorous and harsh labour; he was in a sorry state, and often lamenting his fortune he said, "See, Anthia, your Habrocomes is a workman at a wretched trade, and has put his body under slavery.

8.4. And if I had any hope of finding you and living out the rest of my life with you, this would console me for all my troubles. But now perhaps I too, unhappy that I am, am toiling emptily and to no purpose, and you somewhere have died of longing for Habrocomes. For I am sure, dearest, that not even in death would you ever forget me."

8.5. So he lamented and bore his toils painfully; while to Anthia, sleeping at Tarentum, a dream appeared. She thought she was with Habrocomes, she beautiful and he beautiful, and that it was the first time of their love;

8.6. but that another beautiful woman appeared and dragged Habrocomes away from her; and at last, as he cried out and called her by name, she started up and the dream ceased.

8.7. When she thought she had seen this, she at once leaped up, lamented, and believed what she had seen was true, saying, "Alas for my troubles! I endure all toils and try, unhappy as I am, all manner of misfortunes, and devise schemes of chastity beyond a woman's for Habrocomes; but you perhaps have set your heart on some other beautiful woman—for this is what the dream means to me.

8.8. Why then do I still live? Why do I grieve myself? It is better, then, to perish and be rid of this wretched life, and rid of this unseemly and perilous slavery.

8.9. As for Habrocomes, even if he has broken his oaths, may the gods take no vengeance on him; perhaps he has acted under compulsion. But for me it is well to die while still chaste." So she spoke, lamenting, and looked for a means of death.

9.1. Hippothous the Perinthian, at Tauromenium, at first lived in a sorry state, in want of provisions; but as time went on, an old woman fell in love with him, and under the compulsion of his poverty he married the old woman; and after living with her a little while, when she died he inherited much wealth and prosperity—a great train of servants, a great store of clothing, and costly furnishings.

9.2. He decided to sail to Italy and buy handsome servants and maids and other array of furnishings, such as would befit a prosperous man; and he always remembered Habrocomes and prayed to find him, counting it of great worth to share with him his whole life and possessions.

9.3. So he sailed up and put in at Italy, and there followed him a youth of one of the good families of Sicily, Cleisthenes by name, who shared in all of Hippothous' possessions, being handsome.

9.4. The brothel-keeper, now that Anthia seemed to be well, planned how to sell her, and led her out to the market and displayed her to buyers.

9.5. Meanwhile Hippothous went about the city of Tarentum, looking to buy something fine; and he saw Anthia and recognized her, and was struck by what had happened, and reasoned much within himself: "Is this not the girl whom I once, in Egypt, in vengeance for the murder of Anchialus, buried in a pit and shut up with dogs? What then is the change? How is she safe? What is this escape from the pit? What is this unlooked-for deliverance?"

9.6. So saying, he approached as if wishing to buy, and standing beside her said, "Girl, do you not know Egypt, and have you not fallen among robbers in Egypt, and suffered some other dreadful thing in that land? Speak boldly, for I recognize you."

9.7. Hearing "Egypt," and recalling Anchialus and the robber band and the pit, she wailed and lamented; and looking at Hippothous (but in no way recognizing him), she said, "I have suffered many dreadful things in Egypt, stranger, whoever you happen to be, and I have fallen among robbers; but how is it that you know my story?

9.8. From where do you say you know me, unhappy as I am? For I have suffered things notorious and famous, but you I do not know at all."

9.9. Hearing this, and the more recognizing her from what she said, Hippothous for the moment kept quiet, but having bought her from the brothel-keeper he took her to his own house, urged her to take heart, told her who he was, reminded her of what had happened in Egypt, and related his own wealth and his flight.

9.10. She begged him to forgive her, and told him too that she had killed Anchialus when he would not be chaste; and she related the pit, and Amphinomus, and the gentleness of the dogs, and her deliverance.

9.11. Hippothous pitied her, but did not yet know who she was; and from his daily life with the girl, Hippothous too came to desire Anthia, and wished to be with her, and made her many promises.

9.12. At first she resisted him, saying she was unworthy of a master's bed; but at last, as Hippothous pressed her, having no idea what to do, and thinking it better to tell him all her secret than to break her compact with Habrocomes, she told him of Habrocomes, of Ephesus, of their love, of the oaths, of the misfortunes, of the robber bands, and continually lamented Habrocomes.

9.13. Hippothous, hearing that she was Anthia and the wife of the dearest of all men to him, embraced her, urged her to be of good cheer, and told her of his friendship with Habrocomes. He kept her in the house, bringing her every care, out of reverence for Habrocomes; and he himself searched everywhere, in case he might find Habrocomes anywhere.

10.1. Habrocomes at first worked laboriously at Nuceria, but at last, no longer able to bear the toil, decided to board a ship and set sail for Ephesus.

10.2. So one night he went down to the sea, found a ship putting out, embarked, and sailed back toward Sicily, intending from there to reach Crete and Cyprus and Rhodes, and from there to come to Ephesus; and he hoped, on the long voyage, to learn something about Anthia.

10.3. So, with few provisions, he set sail and completed the voyage. First he came to Sicily and found that his former host Aegialeus had died; and pouring libations to him and weeping much, he set sail again, passed Crete, and came to Cyprus. After spending a few days there and praying to the ancestral goddess of the Cyprians, he set sail and came to Rhodes; and there he lodged near the harbour.

10.4. By now he was near Ephesus, and the thought of all his troubles came over him—his fatherland, his parents, Anthia, his servants; and groaning he said, "Alas for my troubles! I shall come to Ephesus alone and appear before my own parents without Anthia, and shall sail, unhappy man, an empty voyage, and tell a tale perhaps not to be believed, having no sharer of what I have suffered.

10.5. But hold out, Habrocomes, and when you have come to Ephesus, live only so long as this: raise a tomb for Anthia, lament her, pour libations to her, and then bring yourself to her side." So he spoke, and wandered about the city distracted, in want both of news of Anthia and of provisions.

10.6. Meanwhile Leucon and Rhode, staying in Rhodes, had set up an offering in the temple of the Sun beside the golden suit of armour that Anthia and Habrocomes had dedicated; they set up a pillar inscribed in golden letters on behalf of Habrocomes and Anthia, and the names of the dedicators were inscribed as well,

10.7. Leucon and Rhode. Habrocomes came upon this pillar, for he had come to pray to the god. Reading it and recognizing the dedicators and the goodwill of the servants, and seeing nearby the suit of armour too, he lamented greatly, sitting down beside the pillar.

10.8. "Wholly unhappy am I," he said. "I have come to the end of my life and to the remembrance of my own misfortunes. See, this suit of armour I dedicated with Anthia, and with her I sailed away from Rhodes, and now I come without bringing her. And if this pillar is the offering of our foster-companions on behalf of us both, what then shall I become, alone? Where shall I find again my dearest ones?"

10.9. So he lamented; and meanwhile Leucon and Rhode came up, praying to the god as was their custom, and saw Habrocomes sitting beside the pillar and gazing at the armour; and they did not recognize him, but wondered who he was that lingered over offerings not his own.

10.10. And Leucon said, "Young man, why do you sit beside offerings that in no way belong to you, lamenting and weeping? What concern are these to you? What share have you in those who are inscribed here?" Habrocomes answered him, "Mine, mine are the offerings of Leucon and Rhode, whom, with Anthia, I, unhappy Habrocomes, pray to see."

10.11. Hearing this, Leucon and Rhode were at once speechless, but recovering little by little they recognized him from his appearance, his voice, from what he said, from his mention of Anthia, and fell at his feet and told their own story—the road to Syria from Tyre, Manto's anger, the giving-away, the sale into Lycia, the death of their master, the inheritance, the coming to Rhodes;

10.12. and taking him with them they led him to the house where they were lodging, handed over their possessions to him, tended and cared for him and urged him to take heart. But to him nothing was more precious than Anthia, and he lamented her at every turn.

11.1. So he lived in Rhodes with his foster-companions, considering what he should do; while Hippothous decided to take Anthia from Italy to Ephesus, to restore her to her parents and there to learn something about Habrocomes. So, putting all his goods aboard a great Ephesian ship, he set sail with Anthia,

11.2. and completing the voyage very gladly in a few days, he put in at Rhodes while it was still night, and there lodged with an old woman, Althaea by name, near the sea; and he brought Anthia up to the hostess. He himself rested that night, but on the next day they were already busy about the voyage, when a magnificent festival was being held publicly, the Rhodians celebrating it for the Sun, with a procession and sacrifice and a crowd of citizens keeping festival.

11.3. There Leucon and Rhode were present, not so much to share in the festival as to search whether they might learn anything about Anthia. And Hippothous came to the temple, leading Anthia; and she, looking at the offerings and falling into remembrance of former things,

11.4. said, "O Sun, who look upon the affairs of all men, you have passed me alone by, unhappy as I am. Once before, when I was in Rhodes, I did obeisance to you in good fortune and offered sacrifices with Habrocomes, and was then counted blessed; but now I am a slave instead of free, a captive, unhappy, instead of blessed, and I am going to Ephesus alone, and shall appear to my household without Habrocomes."

11.5. So she spoke, and wept much, and begged Hippothous to allow her to cut off some of her hair and dedicate it to the Sun, and to pray something concerning Habrocomes.

11.6. Hippothous consented; and cutting off as much of her locks as she could, and seizing a suitable moment when all had gone away, she set up the offering, inscribing: "On behalf of her husband Habrocomes, Anthia dedicated her hair to the god." Having done this and prayed, she went off with Hippothous.

12.1. Leucon and Rhode, who till then had been about the procession, came to the temple and saw the offerings, and recognized the names of their masters; and first they kissed the hair and lamented much, as though they saw Anthia herself; and at last they went about, in case they might find her too. (By now the crowd of the Rhodians knew the names from the earlier visit.)

12.2. That day, finding nothing, they went off and told Habrocomes what was in the temple; and his soul was moved at the marvel of the thing, and he became hopeful of finding Anthia.

12.3. The next day Anthia came again to the temple with Hippothous, since there was no sailing for them, and sitting down by the offerings she wept and groaned. Meanwhile Leucon and Rhode came in, having left Habrocomes within, despondent over the same things; and coming they saw Anthia, and she was still unknown to them, but they put everything together at once—the tears, the offerings, the names, the appearance.

12.4. So little by little they recognized her; and falling at her knees they lay speechless. She marvelled who they were and what they wished, for she could never have hoped for Leucon and Rhode.

12.5. They, coming to themselves, said, "Mistress Anthia, we are your servants, Leucon and Rhode, who shared your journey abroad and the robber band. But what fortune brings you here? Take heart, mistress; Habrocomes is safe and is here, always lamenting you."

12.6. Hearing this, Anthia was struck dumb at the words, but recovering with difficulty and recognizing them, she embraced and kissed them, and learned most clearly all about Habrocomes.

13.1. The whole crowd of the Rhodians flowed together, learning of the finding of Anthia and Habrocomes; and Hippothous was present too, and was recognized by Leucon and his companions, and himself learned who they were. Everything among them was happily settled, except that Habrocomes did not yet know these things; and they ran as they were to the house.

13.2. When Habrocomes heard from one of the Rhodians of the finding of Anthia, he ran through the middle of the city crying "Anthia!" like a madman. And so he met Anthia and her company near the temple of Isis, and a great crowd of the Rhodians followed.

13.3. When they saw each other, they at once recognized each other; for this is what their souls wished. And embracing one another they sank to the ground; many emotions held them at once—pleasure, grief, fear, the memory of former things, the dread of what was to come. And the people of the Rhodians shouted blessings and cried out, calling Isis a great goddess and saying again, "We see Habrocomes and Anthia, the beautiful pair."

13.4. They, recovering themselves, rose and went into the temple of Isis, saying, "To you, greatest goddess, we owe thanks for our deliverance; through you, most honoured of all by us, we have recovered each other." And they rolled before the precinct and fell down at the altar. Then they were led to Leucon's house, and Hippothous moved his belongings to Leucon's; and they were ready for the voyage to Ephesus. When they had sacrificed that day and feasted, there were many and varied stories from all—what each had suffered and what each had done—and they prolonged the banquet far on, rejoicing to have recovered each other after so long.

13.5. When night had come, they all rested as they could—Leucon and Rhode, Hippothous and the youth from Sicily who had followed him when he went to Italy, the handsome Cleisthenes; and Anthia rested with Habrocomes.

14.1. When all the others had gone to sleep and there was deep quiet, Anthia embraced Habrocomes and wept, saying, "Husband and master, I have recovered you, after wandering over much land and sea, after escaping the threats of robbers and the plots of pirates and the outrages of brothel-keepers and bonds and pits and timbers and drugs and tombs.

14.2. But I have come to you, Habrocomes, master of my soul, such as I was when I first left you for Syria from Tyre. No one persuaded me to sin—not Moeris in Syria, not Perilaus in Cilicia, not Psammis and Polyidus in Egypt, not Anchialus in Ethiopia, not my master at Tarentum—but I remain pure for you, having used every device of chastity.

14.3. But have you, Habrocomes, remained chaste, or has some other beautiful woman outshone me? Or has anyone compelled you to forget your oaths and me?"

14.4. So she spoke, and kissed him continually; and Habrocomes said, "I swear to you by this day we have at last found and longed for, that no maiden seemed beautiful to me, nor did any other woman I saw please me, but you have recovered Habrocomes such as you left him in Tyre in prison."

15.1. So all night long they made their defence to one another, and easily persuaded each other, since this was what they wished. When day came, they boarded a ship, put all their goods aboard, and set sail, escorted by the whole crowd of the Rhodians; and Hippothous went along with them too, bringing all his goods and Cleisthenes. After completing the voyage in a few days they put in at Ephesus.

15.2. The whole city had already learned of their deliverance; and as they disembarked, they went at once, just as they were, to the temple of Artemis, and prayed much, and after sacrificing dedicated, among other offerings, a written account dedicated to the goddess of all that they had suffered and all they had done.

15.3. And having done this, they went up into the city and built large tombs for their parents (who happened to have died before of old age and despondency), and they themselves lived the rest of their lives keeping their life together as a festival.

15.4. And Leucon and Rhode shared everything with their foster-companions; and Hippothous too decided to live out the rest of his time in Ephesus. He raised a great tomb for Hyperanthes, returning to Lesbos to do so, and adopting Cleisthenes as his son, Hippothous lived in Ephesus with Habrocomes and Anthia.

Here ends Xenophon's Ephesian Tale of Anthia and Habrocomes.