# Chione (fort. auctore Charitone) (codex Thebanus deperditus) 3

Erotica Adespota, Chione (fort. auctore Charitone) (codex Thebanus deperditus), Column col3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/erotica-adespota/chione-fort-auctore-charitone-codex-thebanus-deperditus/3

"[Με-] γαμήδης τε προσδόκιμός ἐστιν, ἡμεῖς δὲ μέχρι νῦν πάντα κάλων κινοῦντες, ὡς εἰπεῖν, οὐδὲν ἐπὶ σωτηρίαν νενοήκαμεν. αἰτίαν δ' οὐδεμίαν παρέσχηκέ σοι Μεγαμήδης ἵνα ἀπολίπῃς αὐτόν. ὥστε διαλογίζου τι δραστέον ἡμῖν. ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ ἀπορῶ." ἡ δὲ Χιόνη, "οὐδ' ἐγὼ μέν," φησιν, "εἰς σωτηρίαν τι εὑρίσκω. ἓν δὲ τοῦτό σοι λέγω, εἰ μὴ δυνάμεθα ζῆν μετ' ἀλλήλων, προστάξαντες τουτω.... ἐπ̣ω̣δυνω............ ........ τὸ γὰρ τελευταῖον ἡμῖν ἀπολείπεται. χρὴ δὲ οὐδὲν [4—8 letters] καὶ ὅπως εὐσχημόνως γενηθῇ σκοπεῖν· λεληθότας γὰρ ἡμῖν το [1 line was left untranscribed]

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Erotica Adespota, Chione (fort. auctore Charitone) (codex Thebanus deperditus). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg5003.tlg028.local001/.