---
title: Calligone
title_greek: Καλλιγόνη
author: Erotic Narrative Anonymous
eul_wid: skw-am
eul_aid: skw
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sha256: "2578aa802c563d70d9328c5cde2293c3e8ad16e1cdec1a4536bd9274ad8dbdb4"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Koine
domain: Fiction
format: Prose
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Calligone

*Καλλιγόνη*

**Author:** Erotic Narrative Anonymous

**eul_wid:** `skw-am` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/grc/anonymous-erotic-narrative/calligone) · [Canonical JSON](https://eulogikon.org/data/works/grc/anonymous-erotic-narrative-calligone-skw-am.json)

## Text

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παντελῶς τὴν γνώμην διασεσεισμένη. ἐλθοῦσα δὴ ἐπὶ σκηνὴν καὶ ῥί̣ψ̣α̣σα ἑαυτὴν ἐπὶ τῆς στιβάδο̣ς̣ ἀνωλόλυξεν μέγα καὶ διωλύγιον, καὶ δάκρυα ἐξέρ̣[ρ]εον ἀθρόα· κατερρήξατό τε τὸν χ̣ι̣τῶνα. ἐπεμελεῖτο δὲ ὁ Εὐβίοτος μηδένα παρεῖναι ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ, ἀλλ’ ἐξήλαυνεν ἅπαντας ὡς ἄ̣ν τινων δυσχερῶν αὐτῇ περὶ Σαυροματῶν ἠγγελμέ̣ν̣ω̣ν̣. ἡ δὲ ἀνωλοφύρετο καὶ ἐκώκυεν καὶ ἐλοιδορεῖτο μὲν ἐκείνῃ τῆι ἡμέρηι, ἐν ᾗ τὸν Ἐρασεῖνον εἶδεν ἐν τῆι θ̣ήρᾳ, ἐλ̣ο̣ι̣δορ̣ε̣ῖ̣τ̣ο̣ δὲ καὶ αὐτὴ τοῖς αὑτῆς ὀφθαλμοῖς· ἐ[μ]έμφετο δὲ [κ]αὶ τὴν [Ἄρ]τεμιν . [ .. ] . μ̣ε̣ [ . ] . [ ............... ]α [ ................. ]υ [ ................ ]ι̣ρ̣[ . ] [ .. ] . καὶ ἐν τοιαύτ[αι]ς ξ[υμ‐] [φο]ραῖς στρεφομένη ἵε̣ι̣ [τὴ]ν χεῖρα ἐπὶ τὸ ἐγχειρίδ̣ι̣ο̣ν̣· ἐτύγχανεν δὲ αὐτὸ [ὁ] Εὐβίοτος ε̣[ὐθ]ὺ̣ κατὰ τὴν [ἔφ]οδ̣ον σπασάμενος ἐκ [το]ῦ κολεοῦ κ̣αὶ̣ λαθών· ἡ δὲ [ἐπ]ιβλέψασα πρὸς αὐτὸν [λέ]γει· “ὦ πάντων ἀνθρώ[π]ων κάκιστε, ὃς ἔτλης [ἅ]ψα[σθ]αι τοῦ ἐμοῦ ξίφους· εἰμὶ [μ]ὲν γὰρ οὐκ Ἀμαζὼν οὐ[δὲ] Θε̣μιστώ, ἀλλ’ Ἑλληνὶς [καὶ] Καλλιγόνη, οὐδεμιᾶς [δὲ] Ἀμαζόνων τὸν θυμὸν [ἀσ]θενεστέρα. ἴθι μοι τὸ ξί[φο]ς κόμιζε, μὴ [κ]α̣ὶ̣ σὲ ταῖς [χε]ρσὶν ἄγχους’ ἀποκτει‐

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