# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 1.12.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/1.12.6

ἐν δὲ τῷ μεταξὺ παρῄει πλῆθος ἀνθρώπων ἐλευθέρων τε καὶ δούλων, ἐν μέσοις δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀνὴρ ἡλικίᾳ καθεστώς, μελανειμονῶν καὶ σκυθρωπός. ἀναστὰς οὖν ὁ Θήρων ʽπερίεργον γὰρ ἀνθρώπου φύσισ̓ ἐπυνθάνετο ἑνὸς τῶν ἐπακολουθούντων “τίς οὗτος;” ὁ δὲ ἀπεκρίνατο “ξένος εἶναί μοι δοκεῖς ἢ μακρόθεν ἥκειν, ὃς ἀγνοεῖς Διονύσιον πλούτῳ καὶ γένει καὶ παιδείᾳ τῶν ἄλλων Ἰώνων ὑπερέχοντα, φίλον τοῦ μεγάλου

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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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