---
title: "Theano: An Erotic Narrative"
title_greek: "Θεανώ: Ἐρωτικὸν Διήγημα"
author: Erotic Narrative Anonymous
eul_wid: skw-ag
eul_aid: skw
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/erotica-anon-theano-skw-ag"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Koine
domain: Fiction
format: Prose
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Theano: An Erotic Narrative

*Θεανώ: Ἐρωτικὸν Διήγημα*

**Author:** Erotic Narrative Anonymous

**eul_wid:** `skw-ag` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/erotica-anon-theano-skw-ag)

## Text

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### col2

. [ ]νεν· [ . ]υτ[ ...... ] . [ .... τὴ]ν Εὐνίκην ἐποιήσατο· ἦν δὲ αὐτὴ ἡ Θεανὼ μήτηρ τ[ο]ῦ παιδὸς τοῦ Ἱστ .. ὃν [τῶ]ν Σκυθῶν ὁ ἱππασ[ . ]ς α[ἰχ]μάλωτον εἰλήφει. ἁρπαγέντος δὲ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐνεγκοῦσα τὴν συμφορὰν ἱκέτις ἐκ[ ... ] . [κ]ατ’ ὄναρ τῆς θεοῦ· [χ]ρόνον δ[ὲ . ] . [ . ] . [ ..... ] . [ . ]ενετρεψαν· τελ[ε]υταῖον δὲ κελεύει αὐτὴν ἡ θεὸς ἀπαλλάττεσθαι τὴν ἐπ’ Ἀθήνα[ς] ὡς [δ]ὴ τ[ὸ]ν πα[ῖ]δα ἀπ[ο]ληψομένη· ἡ δὲ πε[ριχ]αρὴς οὖσα παραλαβοῦ[σα τ]ὴν Εὐνίκην ᾔει [τὴ]ν ἐπ’ Ἀ[θή]νας· ἐπί τε [Ὠ]ρωπὸν καὶ τὸ το[ῦ Ἀμ‐] [φι]αρέω ἱερ[ὸν .. ] .. [ ... ] [ .. ] ἐπεὶ ἐγέν[ετ]ο τ[ ..... ] [20]

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