# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 6.3.7

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 6, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/6.3.7

Σκεπτέον οὖν πῶς ἂν ἀπαλλαγείην τῆς ἀνίας. Ζήτει πανταχόθεν εἴ τι ἄρα δυνατόν ἐστιν εὑρεῖν φάρμακον.” “Εὕρηται” φησὶ “φάρμακον, βασιλεῦ. Καὶ παρ’ Ἕλλησι καὶ βαρβάροις τοῦτο, ὅπερ ζητεῖς. Φάρμακον γὰρ ἕτερον Ἔρωτος οὐδέν ἐστι πλὴν αὐτὸς ὁ ἐρώμενος· τοῦτο δὲ ἄρα καὶ τὸ ᾀδόμενον λόγιον ἦν ὅτι ὁ τρώσας αὐτὸς ἰάσεται.” Κατῃδέσθη βασιλεὺς τὸν λόγον καὶ “μὴ σύ γε” ἔφη “τοιοῦτο μηδὲν εἴπῃς, ἵνα γυναῖκα ἀλλοτρίαν διαφθείρω.

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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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