# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 4.7.6

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 4, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/4.7.6

Ἐνδοξοτέραν αὐτὴν ἐποίει καὶ τὸ τῆς δίκης διήγημα. Πόλεις ἀπήντων ὅλαι καὶ τὰς ὁδοὺς ἐστενοχώρουν οἱ συντρέχοντες ἐπὶ τὴν θέαν· ἐδόκει δὲ τοῖς πᾶσι τῆς φήμης ἡ γυνἥ̣?ʼρείττων. Μακαριζόμενος δὲ Διονύσιος ἐλυπεῖτο, καὶ δειλότερον αὐτὸν ἐποίει τῆς εὐτυχίας τὸ μέγεθος· γὰρ πεπαιδευμένος ἐνεθυμεῖτο ὅτι φιλόκαινός ἐστιν ὁ Ἔρως· διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τόξα καὶ πῦρ ποιηταί τε καὶ άσται περιτεθείκασιν αὐτῷ,

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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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