# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 5.3.8

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 5, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/5.3.8

Ἐκείνη δὲ ὑπερυθριῶσα “θέλω” φησὶ “τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἀσπάσασθαι,” καὶ ἅμα τῇ ἁρμαμάξῃ προσῆλθεν. Οὔκουν δυνατὸν ἦν αὐτὴν ἔτι μένειν κεκαλυμμένην, ἀλλ’ ὁ Διονύσιος μὲν ἄκων καὶ στένων ὑπ’ αἰδοῦς τὴν Καλλιρρόην προελθεῖν ἠξίωσεν· ἅμα δὲ πάντες οὐ μόνον τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς ἐξέτειναν καὶ μικροῦ δεῖν ἐπ’ ἀλλήλους κατέπεσον, ἄλλος πρὸ ἄλλου θέλων ἰδεῖν καὶ ὡς δυνατὸν ἐγγυτάτω γενέσθαι.

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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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