# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 4.1.8

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 4, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/4.1.8

Ἡ μὲν οὖν πρόφασις ἦν τιμῆσαι Διονύσιον, ἡ δὲ ἀλήθεια Καλλιρρόην ἰδεῖν. Ἦν δὲ καὶ κλέος μέγα τῆς γυναικὸς ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀσίας πάσης καὶ ἀνέβαινεν ἤδη μέχρι τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως ὄνομα Καλλιρρόης, οἷον οὐδὲ Ἀριάδνης οὐδὲ Λήδας. Τότε δὲ καὶ τῆς δόξης εὑρέθη κρείττων· προῆλθε γὰρ μελανείμων, λελυμένη τὰς τρίχας· ἀστράπτουσα δὲ τῷ προσώπῳ καὶ παραγυμνοῦσα τοὺς βραχίονας ὑπὲρ τὴν Λευκώλενον καὶ Καλλίσφυρον ἐφαίνετο τὰς Ὁμήρου.

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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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