# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 3.4.4

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 3, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/3.4.4

Οὔτω πᾶν εἴρητο ἔπος καὶ ἤδη μεστὸν ἦν τὸ θέατρον. Ἐκείνην τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἤγαγον καὶ γυναῖκες. Ὁ μὲν οὖν δῆμος μετέωρος καθῆστο, Χαιρέας δὲ πρῶτος εἰσῆλθε μελανείμων, ὠχρός, αὐχμῶν, οἷος ἐπὶ τὸν τάφον ἠκολούθησε τῇ γυναικί, καὶ ἐπὶ μὲν τὸ βῆμα οὐκ ἠθέλησεν ἀναβῆναι, κάτω δέ που στὰς τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐπὶ πολὺν ἔκλαε χρόνον καὶ φθέγξασθαι θέλων οὐκ ἐδύνατο· τὸ δὲ πλῆθος ἐβόα “θάρρει καὶ

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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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