# De Chaerea et Callirhoe 8.5.3-4

Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, 8.5.3 to 8.5.4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chariton/de-chaerea-et-callirhoe/8.5.3

Τῇ δευτέρᾳ δὲ τῶν ἡμερῶν ὤφθησαν αἱ Αἰγυπτίων ναῦς προσπλέουσαι. Καὶ τὸ μὲν ἀληθὲς ἄδηλον ἦν, ἐθαύμαζον δὲ ὁρῶντες, καὶ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐπέτεινεν αὐτῶν τὴν ἀπορίαν σημεῖον ἀρθὲν ἀπὸ τῆς νεὼς τῆς Δημητρίου βασιλικόν, ὅπερ εἴωθεν αἴρεσθαι μόνου πλέοντος βασιλέως· τοῦτο δὲ ταραχὴν ἐποίησεν, ὡς πολεμίων ὄντων. Εὐθὺς δὲ θέοντες ἐμήνυον Ἀρταξέρξῃ “τάχα δή τις εὑρεθήσεται βασιλεὺς Αἰγυπτίων.” Ὁ δὲ ἀνέθορεν ἐκ τοῦ θρόνου καὶ ἔσπευδεν ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ σύνθημα πολεμικὸν ἐδίδου· τριήρεις μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ἦσαν αὐτῷ· πᾶν δὲ τὸ πλῆθος ἔστησεν ἐπὶ τοῦ λιμένος παρεσκευασμένον εἰς μάχην.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0554.tlg001.local001/.