# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 6.9.1-3

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, 6.9.1 to 6.9.3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/6.9.1

Τῇ δὲ πέμπτῃ τῶν ἡμερῶν μετὰ τὴν ἀγγελίαν ἐξήλαυνε Βαβυλῶνος βασιλεύς, κοινῷ παραγγέλματι πάντων αὐτῷ συνακολουθούντων, ὅσοι τὴν στρατεύσιμον εἶχον ἡλικίαν. Ἐν δὲ τούτοις ἐξῆλθε καὶ Διονύσιος· Ἴων γὰρ ἦν καὶ οὐδενὶ τῶν ὑπηκόων μένειν ἐξῆν. Κοσμησάμενος δὲ ὅπλοις καλλίστοις καὶ ποιήσας στῖφος οὐκ εὐκαταφρόνητον ἐκ τῶν μεθ’ ἑαυτοῦ, ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις καὶ φανερωτάτοις κατέταξεν ἑαυτὸν καὶ δῆλος ἦν πράξων τι γενναῖον, οἷα δὴ καὶ φύσει φιλότιμος ἀνὴρ καὶ οὐ πάρεργον τὴν ἀρετὴν τιθέμενος, ἀλλὰ τῶν καλλίστων ἀξιῶν. Τότε δὲ καὶ ἐλπίδος εἶχέ τι κούφης, ὅτι χρήσιμος ὢν ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ φανῇ, λήψεται παρὰ βασιλέως καὶ δίχα κρίσεως ἆθλον τῆς ἀριστείας τὴν γυναῖκα.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0554.tlg001.local001/.