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grbs-16003	Xian, Ruobing	Habrocomes’ Lament in Xenophon of Ephesus’ Ephesiaca 5.1.12–13	2018	12	.pdf	application/pdf	4376	151	60	In what follows I will argue that the hero’s recognition of true love in the Aegialeus episode contains a reference to the heroine’s lamentation at 1.4.6–7, in which she gives an account of her erotic desire at the beginning of their love story: “Τί,” φησὶν, “ὢ δυστυχὴς πέπονθα; παρθένος παρ’ ἡλικίαν ἐρῶ καὶ ὀδυνῶμαι καινὰ καὶ κόρῃ μὴ πρέποντα. By comparing the lament of the hero in 1.4.4–5 and the heroine’s parallel one quoted above, Koen De Temmerman recently pointed out three main characteristics of the latter lament: (1) the heroine’s young age is potential obstacle to the social acceptance of her love for Habrocomes (παρθένος παρ’ ἡλικίαν ἐρῶ καὶ ὀδυνῶμαι καινὰ καὶ κόρῃ μὴ πρέποντα); (2) Habrocomes’ arrogance is in juxta- position with the attitude of the enamoured heroine (Ἐφ’ Ἁβρο- κόμῃ μαίνομαι καλῷ μέν, ἀλλ’ ὑπερηφάνῳ); (3) Anthia’s desire to see Habrocomes is difficult to fulfill.12 I do not doubt that the protagonists’ lamenting monologues, replete with psychological details, offer “a good example of the importance of lamentations in the characterization of the protagonists.”13	cache/grbs-16003.pdf	txt/grbs-16003.txt