# Τὰ κατὰ Ἀνθίαν καὶ Ἁβροκόμην 4.2.8-10

Xenophon of Ephesus, Τὰ κατὰ Ἀνθίαν καὶ Ἁβροκόμην, 4.2.8 to 4.2.10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/xenophon-of-ephesus/text/4.2.8

Ὁ δὲ ἔτι μᾶλλον ὀργισθεὶς καὶ πονηρὸν εἶναι νομίσας τελέως κελεύει πυρὰν ποιήσαντας, ἐπιθέντας καταφλέξαι τὸν Ἁβροκόμην. Καὶ ἦν μὲν ἅπαντα παρεσκευασμένα, καὶ ἡ πυρὰ παρὰ τὰς ἐκβολὰς τοῦ Νείλου, καὶ ἐπετέθειτο μὲν ὁ Ἁβροκόμης καὶ τὸ πῦρ ὑπετέθειτο, ἄρτι δὲ τῆς φλογὸς μελλούσης ἅπτεσθαι τοῦ σώματος εὔχετο πάλιν ὀλίγα, ὅσα ἐδύνατο, σῶσαι αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν καθεστώτων κακῶν. Κἀνταῦθα κυματοῦται μὲν ὁ Νεῖλος, ἐπιπίπτει δὲ τῇ πυρᾷ τὸ ῥεῦμα καὶ κατασβέννυσι τὴν φλόγα· θαῦμα δὲ τὸ γενόμενον τοῖς παροῦσιν ἦν, καὶ λαβόντες ἄγουσι τὸν Ἁβροκόμην πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα τῆς Αἰγύπτου καὶ λέγουσι τὰ συμβάντα καὶ τὴν τοῦ Νείλου βοήθειαν διηγοῦνται. Ἐθαύμασεν ἀκούσας τὰ γενόμενα καὶ ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸν τηρεῖσθαι μὲν ἐν τῇ εἱρκτῇ, ἐπιμέλειαν δὲ ἔχειν πᾶσαν, ἕως ἔφη μάθωμεν ὅστις ὁ ἄνθρωπός ἐστιν καὶ ὅ τι οὕτως αὐτοῦ μέλει θεοῖς.

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Xenophon of Ephesus, Τὰ κατὰ Ἀνθίαν καὶ Ἁβροκόμην, ed. Rudolf Hercher. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0641.tlg001.local001/.