# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 6.9.4

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 6, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/6.9.4

Καλλιρρόην δὲ ἡ μὲν βασιλὶς οὐκ ἤθελεν ἐπάγεσθαι· διὰ τοῦτο οὐδὲ ἐμνημόνευσεν αὐτῆς πρὸς βασιλέα, οὐδὲ ἐπύθετο τί κελεύει γενέσθαι περὶ τῆς ξένης· ἀλλὰ καὶ Ἀρταξάτης κατεσιώπησεν, ὡς δῆτα μὴ θαρρῶν ἐν κινδύνῳ τοῦ δεσπότου καθεστηκότος παιδιᾶς ἐρωτικῆς μνημονεύειν, τὸ δὲ ἀληθὲς ἄσμενος ἀπηλλαγμένος καθάπερ ἀγρίου θηρίου· ἐδόκει δὲ μονονουχὶ χάριν ἔχειν τῷ πολέμῳ διακόψαντι τὴν βασιλέως ἐπιθυμίαν ὑπὸ ἀργίας τρεφομένην.

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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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