# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 3.2.17

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 3, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/3.2.17

ἀπέβλεψεν εἰς τὸ πλῆθος. Πάντες οὖν ἀνεβόησαν “ἡ Ἀφροδίτη γαμεῖ.” Πορφυρίδας ὑπεστρώννυον καὶ ῥόδα καὶ ἴα, μύρον ἔρραινον βαδιζούσης, οὐκ ἀπελείφθη ἐν ταῖς οἰκίαις οὐ παιδίον, οὐ γέρων, ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς λιμέσι· μέχρι κεράμων ἀνέβη τὸ πλῆθος στενοχωρούμενον. Ἀλλ’ ἐνεμέσησε καὶ ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ πάλιν ὁ βάσκανος δαίμων ἐκεῖνος· ὅπως δέ, μικρὸν ὕστερον ἐρῶ. Βούλομαι δὲ εἰπεῖν πρῶτον τὰ γενόμενα ἐν Συρακούσαις κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον.

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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/.