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[dianaartemis]

Parthenius. Sufferings in Love 9.2-3 (Polycrite), trans. Jane Lightfoot. 1999.

Overwhelmed with desire he kept sending messages to her: it was contrary to religion to use force against her, since she was a suppliant in the temple.  Up to a certain point she did not admit his emissaries; but when he really laid it on thick, she told him she would not do his will unless he swore to do whatever she wished.  Diognetus had no suspicion of what was coming, and he very readily took his oath by Artemis that he would please her in whatever thing she chose. So when he had sworn, she grasped his hand and made mention of the betrayal of the stronghold; she besought him to pity her as well as the plight of her city.  

[dianaartemis]

Parthenius. Sufferings in Love 9.2-3 (Polycrite). 1st C BCE. Greek.

πολλῷ δὲ ἐνεχόμενος πόθῳ διεπέμπετο πρὸς αὐτήν· οὐ γὰρ δή γε θεμιτὸν ἦν ἱκέτιν οὖσαν ἐν τῷ ἱερῳ βιάζεσθαι. ἡ δὲ ἕως μέν τινος οὐ προσίετο τοὺς παραγινομένους· ἐπεὶ μέντοι πολὺς ἐνέκειτο, οὐκ ἔφη πεισθήσεσθαι αὐτῷ, εἰ μὴ ὁμόσειεν ὑπηρετήσειν αὐτῇ ὅ τι ἂν βουληθῇ. ὁ δὲ Διόγνητος, οὐδὲν ὑποτοπήσας τοιόνδε, μάλα προθύμως ὤμοσεν Ἄρτεμιν χαριεῖσθαι αὐτῇ ὅ τι ἂν προαιρῆται. κατομοσαμένου δὲ ἐκείνου καὶ λαβομένη τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ ἡ Πολυκρίτη μιμνήσκεται περὶ προδοσίας τοῦ χωρίου καὶ πολλὰ καθικετεύει αὐτήν τε οἰκτίρειν καὶ τὰς συμφορὰς τῆς πόλεως.