# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 5.4.9

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 5, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/5.4.9

Σιωπῆς δὲ γενομένης ἔδει μὲν ἄρξασθαι τοῦ λόγου Διονύσιον τὸν κατήγορον, καὶ πάντες εἰς ἐκεῖνον ἀπέβλεψαν· ἔφη δὲ Μιθριδάτης “οὐ προλαμβάνω” φησί, “δέσποτα, τὴν ἀπολογίαν, ἀλλ’ οἶδα τὴν τάξιν· δεῖ δὲ πρὸ τῶν λόγων ἅπαντας παρεῖναι τοὺς ἀναγκαίους ἐν τῇ δίκῃ· ποῦ τοίνυν ἡ γυνή, περὶ ἧς ἡ κρίσις; ἔδοξας δ’ αὐτὴν ἀναγκαίαν διὰ τῆς ἐπιστολῆς καὶ ἔγραψας παρεῖναι, καὶ πάρεστι.

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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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