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Chariton
(redirected from Chaereas and Callirhoe)

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Char·i·ton  (shr-tn)
A river rising in southern Iowa and flowing about 451 km (280 mi) east then south to the Missouri River in northern Missouri.
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The Date of Chariton's Chaereas and Callirhoe revisited,' C&M 41, 197--208.
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