---
title: Calligone
title_greek: Καλλιγόνη
author: Erotic Narrative Anonymous
eul_wid: skw-am
eul_aid: skw
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/erotica-anon-calligone-skw-am"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Koine
domain: Fiction
format: Prose
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Calligone

*Καλλιγόνη*

**Author:** Erotic Narrative Anonymous

**eul_wid:** `skw-am` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/erotica-anon-calligone-skw-am)

## Text

### [40]

παντελῶς τὴν γνώμην διασεσεισμένη. ἐλθοῦσα δὴ ἐπὶ σκηνὴν καὶ ῥίψασα ἑαυτὴν ἐπὶ τῆς στιβάδος ἀνωλόλυξεν μέγα καὶ διωλύγιον, καὶ δάκρυα ἐξέρ[ρ]εον ἀθρόα· κατερρήξατό τε τὸν χιτῶνα. ἐπεμελεῖτο δὲ ὁ Εὐβίοτος μηδένα παρεῖναι ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ, ἀλλ’ ἐξήλαυνεν ἅπαντας ὡς ἄν τινων δυσχερῶν αὐτῇ περὶ Σαυροματῶν ἠγγελμένων. ἡ δὲ ἀνωλοφύρετο καὶ ἐκώκυεν καὶ ἐλοιδορεῖτο μὲν ἐκείνῃ τῆι ἡμέρηι, ἐν ᾗ τὸν Ἐρασεῖνον εἶδεν ἐν τῆι θήρᾳ, ἐλοιδορεῖτο δὲ καὶ αὐτὴ τοῖς αὑτῆς ὀφθαλμοῖς· ἐ[μ]έμφετο δὲ [κ]αὶ τὴν [Ἄρ]τεμιν . [ .. ] . με [ . ] . [ ............... ]α [ ................. ]υ [ ................ ]ιρ[ . ] [ .. ] . καὶ ἐν τοιαύτ[αι]ς ξ[υμ‐] [φο]ραῖς στρεφομένη ἵει [τὴ]ν χεῖρα ἐπὶ τὸ ἐγχειρίδιον· ἐτύγχανεν δὲ αὐτὸ [ὁ] Εὐβίοτος ε[ὐθ]ὺ κατὰ τὴν [ἔφ]οδον σπασάμενος ἐκ [το]ῦ κολεοῦ καὶ 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] Θεμιστώ, ἀλλ’ Ἑλληνὶς [καὶ] Καλλιγόνη, οὐδεμιᾶς [δὲ] Ἀμαζόνων τὸν θυμὸν [ἀσ]θενεστέρα. ἴθι μοι τὸ ξί[φο]ς κόμιζε, μὴ [κ]αὶ σὲ ταῖς [χε]ρσὶν ἄγχους’ ἀποκτει‐ [40]

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