# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 7.6.10

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, Book 7, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/7.6.10

Ὁ δὲ ἰδὼν “τοῦτο ἄλλο” φησὶν “ἦν. Κλέπτουσί τινες τὰ κάλλιστα τῶν λαφύρων, ἀλλ’ οὐ χαίροντες αὐτὸ πράξουσι.” Ὡς οὖν εἶπεν ὁ Αἰγύπτιος “οὐδεμιᾷ γέγονε κακόν, δέσποτα· τὴν γὰρ γυναῖκα, ἣν εὗρον ἐν πλαταίαις τεταγμένην, οὐ βούλεται ἐλθεῖν, ἀλλ’ ἔρριπται χαμαί, ξίφος αἰτοῦσα καὶ ἀποθανεῖν βουλομένη,” γελάσας ὁ Χαιρέας εἶπεν “ὦ πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἀφυέστατε, οὐκ οἶδας πῶς μεθοδεύεται γυνὴ παρακλήσεσιν, ἐπαίνοις, ἐπαγγελίαις, μάλιστα δέ, ἂν ἐρᾶσθαι δοκῇ; Σὺ δὲ βίαν ἴσως προσῆγες καὶ ὕβριν.” “Οὒ” φησί, “δέσποτα·

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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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