# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 2.4.4

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 2, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/2.4.4

Τότ’ ἦν ἰδεῖν ἀγῶνα λογισμοῦ καὶ πάθους. Καίτοι γὰρ βαπτιζόμενος ὑπὸ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας γενναῖος ἀνὴρ ἐπειρᾶτο ἀντέχεσθαι, καθάπερ δὲ ἐκ κύματος ἀνέκυπτε λέγων πρὸς ἑαυτὸν “οὐκ αἰσχύνῃ, Διονύσιε, ἀνὴρ ὁ πρῶτος τῆς Ἰωνίας ἕνεκεν ἀρετῆς τε καὶ δόξης, ὃν θαυμάζουσι σατράπαι καὶ βασιλεῖς καὶ πόλεις, παιδαρίου πράγματα πάσχων; ἅπαξ ἰδὼν ἐρᾷς, καὶ ταῦτα πενθῶν, πρὶν ἀφοσιώσασθαι τοὺς τῆς ἀθλίας δαίμονας.

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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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