# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 3.1.7-8

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, 3.1.7 to 3.1.8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/3.1.7

Βουλευσάσθω περὶ τούτου Διονύσιος μὴ μόνος μηδὲ ταχέως, ἀλλὰ μετὰ φίλων καὶ συγγενῶν, ἵνα μή τις ὕστερον εἴπῃ πρὸς αὐτὸν ʽσὺ θρέψεις παιδία ἐκ τῆς ἀργυρωνήτου καὶ καταισχυνεῖς σου τὸν οἶκον;ʼ Εἰ μὴ θέλει πατὴρ γενέσθαι, μηδ’ ἀνὴρ ἔστω.” Ταῦτα τὰ ῥήματα μᾶλλον ἐξέκαυσε Διονύσιον καί τινα ἔσχεν ἐλπίδα κούφην ἀντερᾶσθαι δοκῶν· ἀνατείνας δὲ τὰς χεῖρας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν “εἰ γὰρ ἴδοιμι” φησίν, “ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ Ἥλιε, τέκνον ἐκ Καλλιρρόης· τότε μακαριώτερος δόξω τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως. Ἀπίωμεν πρὸς αὐτήν· ἄγε με, Πλαγγόνιον φιλοδέσποτον.”

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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/.