# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 7.4.6

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 7, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/7.4.6

θέλοντες τὸν κοινὸν ἐχθρόν.” Ἐμήνυσέ τις ταῦτα τοῖς ἔνδον καὶ ἀνοίξας τὰς πύλας προῆλθεν ὁ στρατηγὸς μετ’ ὀλίγων. Τοῦτον πρῶτον Χαιρέας ἀποκτείνας ὥρμησεν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἄλλους, τύπτε δ’ ἐπιστροφάδην· τῶν δὲ στόνος ὤρνυτ’ ἀεικής. ἄλλος δ’ ἄλλον ἐφόνευεν, ὥσπερ λέοντες εἰς ἀγέλην βοῶν ἐμπεσόντες ἀφύλακτον· οἰμωγὴ δὲ καὶ θρῆνος κατεῖχε τὴν πόλιν ἅπασαν, ὀλίγων μὲν τὸ γινόμενον ὁρώντων, πάντων δὲ θορυβουμένων.

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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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