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"We may spare the ambassadors, and send only the woman; your lady in waiting, Zoe, will execute this commission admirably. Who can blame us in any way if a girl, who loves finery, runs away from her keepers?" "But all the world will see her as Hebe," sighed Philometor, "and proclaim us the sovereign protectors of the worship of Serapis as violators of the temple, if Asclepiodorus leads the cry.
His candor, too, was equal to his talent; he acknowledged the superiority of Melanthius in his grouping, and of Asclepiodorus in the niceness of his measurements, or in other words, the distances that ought to be left between the objects represented. A circumstance that happened to him in connection with Protogenes is worthy of notice.
Before the letter from Asclepiodorus stating the mistaken hypothesis entertained by the priests of Serapis that Irene had been carried off by the king's order could reach the palace, Publius had found an opportunity of excusing himself and quitting the royal couple.
"The water for the first libation," answered the priest, "was placed on the altar at the right time, but Doris and her sister had to fetch it for the second and third. Asclepiodorus is angry not with you, for he knows from Imhotep that you are taking care of a sick child but with Irene. Try and think where she can be.
"We are indeed brethren," she said, "and so, for the sake of the peace which has been restored and preserved with so much difficulty, we give in. The best way will be to request Asclepiodorus " But here Euergetes interrupted the queen, clapping his hands loudly and laughing: "That is right, sister! only find me my Hebe! How you do it is your affair, and is all the same to me.
"We are indeed brethren," she said, "and so, for the sake of the peace which has been restored and preserved with so much difficulty, we give in. The best way will be to request Asclepiodorus " But here Euergetes interrupted the queen, clapping his hands loudly and laughing: "That is right, sister! only find me my Hebe! How you do it is your affair, and is all the same to me.
"To-morrow, when we have done what must be done to the Roman, you shall fetch the girl in my brother's name either by cunning or by force; and the day after, if the gods graciously lend me their aid in uniting the two realms of Egypt under my own hand, I will explain to Asclepiodorus that I have punished Philometor for his sacrilege against his temple, and have deposed him from the throne.
Before the letter from Asclepiodorus stating the mistaken hypothesis entertained by the priests of Serapis that Irene had been carried off by the king's order could reach the palace, Publius had found an opportunity of excusing himself and quitting the royal couple.
It was not for nothing that Asclepiodorus as you yourself told me quite lately, not more than a week ago I am sure reminded you how often those condemned to forced labor in the mines had their relations sent after them. Ah! child, the words of Asclepiodorus have a sinister meaning.
If you endure this, if you do not put a stop to this crime you are not worthy nay, I will not be interrupted you, I say, are unworthy of the sacred title and of the reverence you claim, and I will appeal " "Silence, girl!" cried Asclepiodorus to the terribly excited Klea. "I would have you imprisoned with the blasphemers, if I did not well understand the anguish which has turned your brain.
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