# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 2.1.5

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 2, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/2.1.5

γενέσθαι νομίμως τὴν καταγραφήν.” Ὁ δὲ Διονύσιος τὸ μὲν κάλλος ἡδέως ἤκουσε τῆς γυναικὸς ʽἦν γὰρ φιλογύνης ἀληθῶσ̓, τὴν δὲ δουλείαν ἀηδῶς· ἀνὴρ γὰρ βασιλικός, διαφέρων ἀξιώματι καὶ παιδείᾳ τῆς ὅλης Ἰωνίας, ἀπηξίου κοίτην θεραπαινίδος, καὶ “ἀδύνατον” εἶπεν, “ὦ Λεωνᾶ, καλὸν εἶναι σῶμα μὴ πεφυκὸς ἐλεύθερον. Οὐκ ἀκούεις τῶν ποιητῶν ὅτι θεῶν παῖδές εἰσιν οἱ καλοί, πολὺ δὲ πρότερον ἀνθρώπων εὐγενῶν; σοὶ δὲ ἤρεσεν ἐπ’ ἐρημίας· συνέκρινας γὰρ αὐτὴν ταῖς ἀγροίκοις.

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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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