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"But, my lord," replied Eulaeus dryly and with a certain matter-of-fact gravity to King Euergetes for he it was who had come with him into the room adjoining Klea's retreat, "the dry little Egyptian with the thin straight hair is even more trustworthy and tougher and nimbler than his companion, and, so far, more estimable.
In Egypt not only was the restoration of Philometor accomplished, but partly in order to put an end to the quarrel between the brothers, partly in order to weaken the still considerable power of Egypt Cyrene was separated from that kingdom and assigned as a provision for Euergetes.
"And for the temples in the country," added Euergetes, "for though I seek to extirpate other foes I would rather win over the priests; and I must try to win them if Philometor's kingdom falls into my hands, for the Egyptians require that their king should be a god; and I cannot arrive at the dignity of a real god, to whom my swarthy subjects will pray with thorough satisfaction, and without making my life a burden to me by continual revolts, unless I am raised to it by the suffrages of the priests."
Why there, in that ebony trunk, lies the rescript of Euergetes which confers the stewardship of this residence on my ancestor Philip, and as a hereditary dignity in his family. Now Philip's wife had the honor of being the king's mistress or, as some say, his daughter.
Euergetes, breathing hard in impotent fury, alternately doubling his fists, and extending his quivering fingers, stood opposite the Roman who looked enquiringly in his face with cool composure; for a short space both were silent.
She rushed from one door to another the victim of the avenging Eumenides shrieked from the window for rescue and help, and in that one hour lived through a whole year of agonies and terrors. At last at last, the door of the room was opened, and Euergetes came towards her, clad in the purple, with the crown of the two countries on his grand head, radiant with triumph and delight.
"It was in the desert, not far from the Apis-tombs." "He had an assignation in the Necropolis at midnight it would seem to have begun more pleasantly than it ended?" Euergetes nodded assent to the question, and added gravely: "His fate overtook him but I cannot see anything very pleasing in the matter." "No?" asked the queen.
The kingdom of Egypt with its two appendages of Cyrene and Cyprus was broken up, partly de jure, partly de facto, on the death of Euergetes II . Cyrene went to his natural son, Ptolemaeus Apion, and was for ever separated from Egypt.
"Then he might certainly have some prospect of help from the Republic, for Rome does not love to see a strong king on the throne of Egypt," said Euergetes.
But while this was going on, the state of Cyrene had risen in arms against Euergetes; his vices and cruelty had made him hated, they had gained for him the nicknames of Kakergetes, or mischief-maker, and Physcon, or bloated; and while wishing to gain Cyprus he was in danger of losing his own kingdom.
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