# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 3.1.3

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 3, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/3.1.3

δ’ ὅμως.” Ἀνοίξασα δὲ ἐκείνη τὰς θύρας “τί καταρύχῃ” φησίν, “ὦ δέσποτα, λυπῶν σεαυτὸν ὡς ἀποτυγχάνων. Καλλιρρόη γάρ σε ἐπὶ τὸν γάμον παρακαλεῖ. Λαμπρειμόνει, θῦε, προσδέχου νύμφην, ἧς ἐρᾷς.” Ἐξεπλάγη πρὸς τὸ ἀνέλπιστον ὁ Διονύσιος καὶ ἀχλὺς αὐτοῦ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν κατεχύθη, παντάπασι δὲ ὢν ἀσθενὴς φαντασίαν παρέσχε θανάτου· κωκύσασα δὲ ἡ Πλαγγὼν συνδρομὴν ἐποίησε, καὶ ἐφ̓ ὅλης τῆς οἰκίας ὡς τεθνεὼς ὁ δεσπότης ἐπενθεῖτο.

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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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