# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 3.2.8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/3.2.8

ἐν Μιλήτῳ πέπραται.ʼ Καταπλεύσουσιν ἤδη τριήρεις Συρακουσίων καὶ Ἑρμοκράτης στρατηγὸς ἀπαιτῶν τὴν θυγατέρα. Τί μέλλω λέγειν; ʽΘήρων μοι πέπρακε. ʼΘήρων δὲ ποῦ; Κἂν πιστευθῶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ὑποδοχεύς εἰμι λῃστοῦ. Μελέτα, Διονύσιε, τὴν δίκην. Τάχα δὲ ἐρεῖς αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως. Ἄριστον οὖν τότε λέγειν ʽἐγὼ γυναῖκα ἐλευθέραν ἐπιδημήσασαν οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπως ἤκουσα· ἐκδομένην ἑαυτὴν ἐν τῇ πόλει φανερῶς κατὰ νόμους ἔγημα.ʼ

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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/.