# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 3.9.10

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 3, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/3.9.10

Ἐξέθανεν ὁ Διονύσιος ἀκούσας καὶ νὺξ αὐτοῦ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν κατεχύθη· φαντασίαν γὰρ ἔλαβεν ὡς ἐφεστηκότος αὐτῷ Χαιρέου καὶ Καλλιρρόην ἀποσπῶντος. Ὁ μὲν οὖν ἔκειτο καὶ σχῆμα καὶ χρῶμα νεκροῦ παριστάς, Φωκᾶς δὲ ἐν ἀπορίᾳ καθειστήκει, καλέσαι μὲν οὐδένα θέλων, ἵνα μή τις αὐτῷ μάρτυς γένηται τῶν ἀπορρήτων· μόλις δὲ καὶ κατ’ ὀλίγον αὐτὸς τὸν δεσπότην ἀνεκτήσατο “θάρρει” λέγων, “Χαιρέας τέθνηκεν· ἀπόλωλεν ἡ ναῦς· οὐδεὶς ἔτι φόβος.” Ταῦτα τὰ ῥήματα ψυχὴν ἐνέθηκε Διονυσίῳ,

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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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