# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 7.6.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/7.6.5

Ἡ νὺξ ἐκείνη καὶ ἡδίστη καὶ χαλεπωτάτη κατέσχεν Ἄραδον. Αἰγύπτιοι μὲν γὰρ ἔχαιρον ἀπηλλαγμένοι πολέμου καὶ δουλείας Περσικῆς, οἱ δὲ ἑαλωκότες Περσῶν δεσμὰ καὶ μάστιγας καὶ ὕβρεις καὶ σφαγὰς προσεδόκων, τὸ φιλανθρωπότατον δέ, δουλείαν· ἡ δὲ Στάτειρα ἐνθεῖσα τὴν κεφαλὴν εἰς τὰ γόνατα Καλλιρρόης ἔκλαεν· ἐκείνη γάρ, ὡς ἂν Ἑλληνὶς καὶ πεπαιδευμένη καὶ οὐκ ἀμελέτητος κακῶν, παρεμυθεῖτο μάλιστα τὴν βασιλίδα.

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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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