# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 1.9.3

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 1, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/1.9.3

Ἐπεὶ δὲ μοχλοὶ προσηνέχθησαν καὶ σφοδροτέρα πληγὴ πρὸς τὴν ἀνάρρηξιν τοῦ τάφου, τὴν Καλλιρρόην κατελάμβανεν ὁμοῦ πάντα, φόβος, χαρά, λύπη, θαυμασμός, ἐλπίς, ἀπιστία. “Πόθεν ὁ ψόφος; Ἆρά τις δαίμων κατὰ νόμον κοινὸν τῶν ἀποθνησκόντων ἐπ’ ἐμὲ παραγίνεται τὴν ἀθλίαν; Ἢψόφος οὐκ ἔστιν, ἀλλὰ φωνὴ καλούντων με τῶν ὑποχθονίων πρὸς αὑτούς; Τυμβωρύχους μᾶλλον εἰκὸς εἶναι· καὶ γὰρ τοῦτό μου ταῖς συμφοραῖς προσετέθη· πλοῦτος ἄχρηστος

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0554.tlg001.local001/.