# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 6.4.5

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 6, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/6.4.5

Ἔβλεπε δὲ Καλλιρρόην μόνην τὴν μὴ παροῦσαν, καὶ ἤκουεν ἐκείνης τῆς μὴ λαλούσης. Συνεξῆλθε γὰρ ἐπὶ τὴν θήραν ὁ Ἔρως αὐτῷ, καί, ἅτε δὴ φιλόνεικος θεός, ἀντιταττόμενον ἰδὼν καὶ βεβουλευμένον, ὡς ᾤετο, καλῶς, εἰς τοὐναντίον τὴν τέχνην περιέτρεψεν αὐτῷ καὶ δι’ αὐτῆς τῆς θεραπείας ἐξέκαυσε τὴν ψυχήν, ἔνδον παρὼν καὶ λέγων “οἷον ἦν ἐνθάδε Καλλιρρόην ἰδεῖν, κνήμας ἀνεζωσμένην καὶ βραχίονας γεγυμνωμένην, πρόσωπον ἐρυθήματος,

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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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