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Olympius, however, who at the sight of his friend's weakness had suddenly comprehended how much depended, in these last hours, on his own resolute demeanor, detained the youth, and sternly desired him to give an exact and clear account of what had happened on the roof. The young musician obeyed; and his report was certainly far from reassuring.
The votaries of Serapis, whose strength and numbers were much inferior to those of their antagonists, rose in arms at the instigation of the philosopher Olympius, who exhorted them to die in the defence of the altars of the gods.
Olympius had listened to his narrative with many tokens of sympathy and agreement, and when Karnis, with tears in his eyes, brought his story to a close, the philosopher laid his hand on his friend's shoulder and drawing him towards him, exclaimed: "Well done, my brave old comrade! We will both be faithful to the same good cause!
Seven lustres have turned our hair grey, but we still can stand upright. Well, Karnis son of Hiero and who am I?" "Olympius the great Olympius!" cried Karnis, eagerly grasping the offered hand. "May all the gods bless this happy day!" "All the gods?" repeated the philosopher. "Is that what you say? Then you have not crawled under the yoke of the cross?"
No captain, no prophet, no comforter had come to revive their courage and hopes; for Olympius and his guests, the leaders of the intellectual life of Alexandria and among them the chief priests of the sanctuary were tardy in making their appearance.
Conceive of Phidias sending off from his studio at Athens his statue of Jupiter Olympius in monthly numbers, despatching now the feet, now the legs, now the trunk, in successive pieces, now the shoulders, and at last crowning the whole with a head!
Olympius was still in concealment in the house of Porphyrius Olympius, whose mind and will had formerly had such imperious hold on the fate of the city, and to whose nod above half of the inhabitants were still obedient.
Then, while Olympius was defending the sanctuary of Serapis against the attacks of the Christians, she and her grandmother had become the leaders of a party of women who made it their task to provide the champions of the faith with the means of subsistence. All this had given purpose to her life; still, every little victory in this contest had filled her soul with regrets and anxieties.
Then, while Olympius was defending the sanctuary of Serapis against the attacks of the Christians, she and her grandmother had become the leaders of a party of women who made it their task to provide the champions of the faith with the means of subsistence. All this had given purpose to her life; still, every little victory in this contest had filled her soul with regrets and anxieties.
If the ambassador retires without having gained his purpose the balance will be greatly enormously, in our favor, and it will cease to be a folly to believe in the success of our cause." "Ah! teach us to hope once more," cried the musician. "That in itself is half the victory; still, I cannot see how this delay..." "It would give us time, and that is what we want," replied Olympius.
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