# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 7.2.4

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 7, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/7.2.4

οὐδὲν γὰρ ἔθνος ἄπυστον ἦν τῆς Ἀθηναίων δυστυχίας, ἣν ἐδυστύχησαν ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ τῷ Σικελικῷ. “Τετυράννηκε δὲ ἡμῶν Ἀρταξέρξης,” καὶ πάντα διηγήσατο. “Φέροντες οὖν ἑαυτοὺς δίδομέν σοι φίλους πιστούς, δύο τὰ προτρεπτικώτατα εἰς ἀνδρείαν ἔχοντες, θανάτου καὶ ἀμύνης ἔρωτα· ἤδη γὰρ ἐτεθνήκειν ὅσον ἐπὶ ταῖς συμφοραῖς, λοιπὸν δὲ ζῶ εἰς μόνον τὸ λυπῆσαι τὸν ἐχθρόν. Μὴ μὰν ἀσπουδεί γε καὶ ἀκλειῶς ἀπολοίμην, ἀλλὰ μέγα ῥέξας τι καὶ ἐσσομένοισι πυθέσθαι.”

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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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