# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 1.4.5

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 1, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/1.4.5

Ἐνέκειτο μᾶλλον ὁ Χαιρέας, ἤδη τι προσδοκῶν βαρύτερον· ὁ δ’ ἐμβαλὼν αὐτῷ τὴν δεξιὰν ἀπῆγεν εἴς τι χωρίον ἠρεμαῖον, εἶτα συναγαγὼν τὰς ὀφρῦς καὶ ὅμοιος γενόμενος λυπουμένῳ, μικρὸν δέ τι καὶ δακρύσας “ἀηδῶς μὲν” εἶπεν “ὦ Χαιρέα, σκυθρωπόν σοι πρᾶγμα μηνύω καὶ πάλαι βουλόμενος εἰπεῖν ὤκνουν· ἐπεὶ δὲ ἤδη φανερῶς ὑβρίζῃ καὶ θρυλεῖται πανταχοῦ τὸ δεινόν, οὐχ ὑπομένω σιωπᾶν· φύσει τε γὰρ μισοπόνηρός εἰμι καὶ σοὶ μάλιστα εὔνους.

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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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