# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 4.4.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/4.4.7

Ζῶ, καὶ ζῶ διὰ Μιθριδάτην, τὸν ἐμὸν εὐεργέτην, ἐλπίζω δὲ καὶ σόν· ἐπράθην γὰρ εἰς Καρίαν ὑπὸ βαρβάρων, οἵτινες ἐνέπρησαν τριήρη τὴν καλήν, τὴν στρατηγικήν, τὴν τοῦ σοῦ πατρός· ἐξέπεμψε δὲ ἐπ’ αὐτῆς ἡ πόλις πρεσβείαν ὑπὲρ σοῦ. Τοὺς μὲν οὖν ἄλλους πολίτας οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅ τι γεγόνασιν, ἐμὲ δὲ καὶ Πολύχαρμον τὸν φίλον ἤδη μέλλοντας φονεύεσθαι σέσωκεν ἔλεος δεσπότου.

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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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