# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 3.3.16

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/3.3.16

Ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν σὰ βλέπω, σὺ δὲ ποῦ; μόνη τοῖς ἐνταφίοις ἡ νεκρὰ λείπει.” Τούτων ἀκούσας ὁ Θήρων ἔκειτο ὅμοιος τοῖς νεκροῖς, καὶ γὰρ ἦν ἡμιθνής. Πολλὰ μὲν οὖν ἐβουλεύσατο μηδ’ ὅλως φωνὴν ἀφιέναι μηδὲ κινεῖσθαι· τὸ γὰρ μέλλον οὐκ ἦν ἀπροόρατον αὐτῷ· φύσει δὲ φιλόζωόν ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος καὶ οὐδὲ ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις συμφοραῖς ἀπελπίζει τὴν πρὸς τὸ βέλτιον μεταβολήν, τοῦ δημιουργήσαντος θεοῦ τὸ σόφισμα τοῦτο πᾶσιν ἐγκατασπείραντος, ἵνα μὴ φύγωσι βίον ταλαίπωρον.

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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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