---
title: "Antheia, Possibly Epitome of Ephesiaca"
title_greek: Ἄνθεια
author: Erotic Narrative Anonymous
eul_wid: skw-ab
eul_aid: skw
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/grc/anonymous-erotic-narrative/antheia-ephesiaca"
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sha256: c1011b33b5a5832c0738022b92cd4a867660b517728637d790cb7301caef0a53
period: Late Antique
dialect: Koine
domain: Fiction
format: Prose
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Antheia, Possibly Epitome of Ephesiaca

*Ἄνθεια*

**Author:** Erotic Narrative Anonymous

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[ .. ]εις δ’ ἦσαν [10—12]ο̣ν̣[ ... ] . ρ̣οτ̣ε̣[ρ . ] . · τοὺς μητ̣[10—12]π̣ους̣ .. κον̣[ .. ]αν ὥσπερ ... [ ...... ]σ̣εχ̣ . ο̣ς ἐρρω[μέ]νο̣ι· μήτες̣ . [ . ]εν̣ . [ ... ]των διε̣μεν[ .. ] [μήτ]ε ἀναστῆναι ...... ντας [ ...... ] [ ..... ] .. τες τὸν νεὼν καὶ χεῖρ[ας νί]ψ̣αν̣[τες καὶ] πό̣δας καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο ἦν ἄκρον̣· ε̣νι [ ..... δ]εσποτικῶν ἀναθημάτ[ων] κα[ ...... ] .... π̣ο̣ν̣ προ .. ο .... [ ...... ] .. β̣ .. δ̣[ . ]φ̣ρ̣ο̣υ̣ .... τ̣[ .... ] ....... τες δ̣ί̣φρο[υ] τοῦ̣ τ̣ῆς ..... [ ...... ]τ̣αις ἡλίκαις π̣[άσ]αις ρ̣ . ω̣ .... [ ...... ]τα̣ . η̣[ . ]ι̣κου ἀνέστρ̣εφε . ε̣κ̣ .. [ ..... ]τ̣οξα̣ρ̣ην ὡς δια̣ .. α̣σια̣υ̣τ .... ρ̣α̣ [ ...... ]περ πολλῶν ἀπολογησαμεν . ν [ ...... ]η̣σιν φό̣νων. ἡ δὲ ἐπεὶ κατά[ ...... εἰς] τὴν πολίχνην ἔμελλεν, τὸ μὲν [ ....... ] τοῖς κόλποις κατέθετο, μή τις αὐ[τὴν ἀφέλη]ται πάλιν. αὐτὴ δὲ ἀνατείνασα [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] ἐγγραψάτω· Λύσιππος δ’ ἐ̣[λ]θ̣ὼν ἐπὶ θάλατταν σὺν Εὐξείνῳ πυνθάνεται τῶν γνω[ρί]μων τὴν κατάστασιν̣ [π]ᾶ̣σ̣αν .

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... ωσα [2—3] πολιτ .... · Θρασέας̣ μ̣ὲ̣ν̣ ἄρχ̣ει .. ω̣ν̣ι̣ς̣ [ . ] . τ̣ο̣ς. Θαλασσία δὲ ἀναρπάσασα τὸ π̣λ̣ο̣ῖ̣[ο]ν̣ Κλεάνδρου Θρασέαν περιέπει καὶ .. [] ..... εισιν ἀλλ̣ .......... ὅτε ἐξέ[π]λευσεν λαθοῦσα αὐτὰ̣[ς ὧ]ν̣ αὐτῇ μελ̣[εῖ . ]—ἀσφαλὲς γ̣ὰ̣ρ̣ δοῦν̣α̣ι̣ ... τὰς Θαλασσίας β̣ουλάς—τ̣ὰ δὲ Ἀ̣ν̣θ̣[εί]ας̣ ἑλομένη, [ . ] .. [ . ]ρες̣ . [ .. ]ν̣ Ἀνθείαν ἰ̣δοῦσα τὸ φάρ[μ]α̣κον κα̣ὶ̣ κατακρύψασα ὡς μάλιστα ὑ̣ .. [ . ] ... ες ... περιεγ̣έ̣νε̣τ̣ο̣.” “τὰ δὲ Ἀνθείας, [ο]ὐ̣δ’ ἔχ[ει] λέγειν, φίλτατε;” “οὐκ οἶδα,” ἔφη, “σαφῶ[ς . ὁ] μὲν γὰρ Λύσανδρος αὐτὴν ὑ̣π̣[ὸ ἁ]ρπ̣α̣γ̣ῆς παρέδωκεν δ . [ .. ] ... καὶ Θρασέ̣α̣[ς] ἐξή̣ρ̣η̣το ἐπ’ α̣ὐ̣τ̣ῆι. δ[ῆλ]α̣ τ̣α̣ῦτα ἅπασιν· [τὰ δὲ] ἄλλα εἰκασία καὶ λόγος μεμιγμένος [ ...... ]ατι ἔχοντι τὸ ἄπι̣σ̣τον καὶ παράδο[ξον.”] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] ἐσωζόμην [] ταύρων ορ[] ἐκεῖνοι κ[] ανο .

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.. αυ[] ωρα α ... [] θαι καὶ κτ . [] Ἄρτεμιν. ο[] ψευσαμεν[] .. λ[ .. ]ενο[] μήτε αὐτὸς . [] ἐκείνην ατ[] [ .... ]σαφη[] [ .... ]ηδε . [ ...... ] . [] [ ........ ] . [] . [] . ο . [] τα[] ρας κακισ[τ–] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)]

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