# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 3.3.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/3.3.4

Πολλοὶ μετ’ αὐτὸν εἰσῆλθον ὑπ’ ἀπιστίας· ἀμηχανία δὲ κατέλαβε πάντας, καί τις εἶπεν ἑστὼς “τὰ ἐντάφια σεσύληται, τυμβωρύχων τὸ ἔργον· ἡ νεκρὰ δὲ ποῦ;” Λογοποιίαι πολλαὶ καὶ διάφοροι τὸ πλῆθος κατεῖχον. Χαιρέας δὲ ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὰς χεῖρας ἀνατείνας “τίς ἄρα θεῶν ἀντεραστής μου γενόμενος Καλλιρρόην ἀπενήνοχε καὶ νῦν ἔχει μεθ’ αὑτοῦ μὴ θέλουσαν, ἀλλὰ βιαζομένην ὑπὸ κρείττονος μοίρας;·

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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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