# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 1.12.1

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 1, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/1.12.1

Ἔνθα δὴ Θήρων κώπας ἐκέλευσεν ἐκφέρειν καὶ μονὴν ποιεῖν τῇ Καλλιρόῃ καὶ πάντα παρέχειν εἰς τρυφήν. ταῦτα δὲ οὐκ ἐκ φιλανθρωπίας ἔπραττεν ἀλλʼ ἐκ φιλοκερδίας, ὡς ἔμπορος μᾶλλον ἢ λῃστής. αὐτὸς δὲ διέδραμεν εἰς ἄστυ παραλαβὼν δύο τῶν ἐπιτηδείων. εἶτα φανερῶς μὲν οὐκ ἐβουλεύετο ζητεῖν τὸν ὠνητὴν οὐδὲ περιβόητον τὸ πρᾶγμα ποιεῖν, κρύφα δὲ καὶ διὰ χειρὸς ἔσπευδε τὴν πρᾶσιν. δυσδιάθετον δὲ ἀπέβαινεν· οὐ γὰρ ἦν τὸ κτῆμα πολλῶν οὐδὲ ἑνὸς τῶν ἐπιτυχόντων, ἀλλὰ πλουσίου τινὸς καὶ βασιλέως, τοῖς δὲ τοιούτοις ἐφοβεῖτο προσιέναι.

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Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, 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.
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