Antheia under Erotic Narrative Anonymous is a heading for Antheia/Anthia material in the fragmentary set, not Xenophon of Ephesus’s complete Ἐφεσιακά (that book is rnk-aa).
This site’s heading is anonymous erotica. What the papyrus or excerpt actually holds is Antheia-named διήγημα under adespota. It is this slot, not Xenophon’s five books.
Erotic Narrative Anonymous Antheia, Possibly Epitome of Ephesiaca in Greek in PDF
Erotic Narrative Anonymous Antheia, Possibly Epitome of Ephesiaca in Greek in MD
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