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Stratonice, however, who had the greatest power and influence with him, and to whom he had committed the custody of his best and richest fortress, had been, it seems, the daughter of a musician, an old man, and of no great fortune, and happening to sing one night before Mithridates at a banquet, she struck his fancy so, that immediately he took her with him, and sent away the old man much dissatisfied, the king having not so much as said one kind word to himself.
'Well, well said Stratonice, who was now employed in smoothing her hair and adjusting her dress, 'if ye are all good friends again, I recommend you to be quiet and orderly; for some young noblemen, your patrons and backers, have sent to say they will come here to pay you a visit: they wish to see you more at their ease than at the schools, before they make up their bets on the great fight at the amphitheatre.
In this war the Rhodian fleet, in conjunction with the fleets of their allies, gained several victories over the fleet of Philip. The latter was at length obliged to sue to the Romans for peace, and they, in fixing the terms, included the Rhodians, to whom were ceded Stratonice, and the greater part of Caria.
Then, calling in all the garrisons, which were scattered in many different places, and the Thessalian auxiliaries from Stratonice itself, he led them on to Alabanda, where the enemy lay. The Rhodians were no way averse from a battle, and the camps being pitched near each other both parties immediately came into the field.
'Come here, said Stratonice, drawing her husband to her affectionately by the ears, in that caress which Tibullus has so prettily described 'Come here! 'Not so hard, she-wolf! thou art worse than the gladiator, murmured the huge jaws of Burbo. 'Hist! said she, whispering him; 'Calenus has just stole in, disguised, by the back way. I hope he has brought the sesterces. 'Ho! ho!
'I who have escaped your arms, stout Stratonice, said Lydon, 'might safely, I think, encounter the lion. 'But tell me, said Tetraides, 'where is that pretty young slave of yours the blind girl, with bright eyes? I have not seen her a long time. 'Oh! she is too delicate for you, my son of Neptune, said the hostess, 'and too nice even for us, I think.
For the performance of these conditions hostages were received, among whom was Demetrius, Philip's son. Valerius Antias adds, that the island of Aegina, and the elephants, were given as a present to Attalus, who was absent; to the Rhodians, Stratonice, and other cities of Caria which had been in the possession of Philip; and to the Athenians, the islands of Paros, Imbros, Delos, and Scyros.
A miser never was a hero. 'I am not a miser, said Lydon, haughtily, and he withdrew to the other end of the room. 'But I don't see Burbo; where is Burbo? I must talk with Burbo, cried Clodius. 'He is within, said Niger, pointing to the door at the extremity of the room. 'And Stratonice, the brave old lass, where is she? quoth Lepidus.
From the moment of confiding in "Stratonice," from the moment of relating her dream, she turned "Pauline" into a soaring mystical creature, some saint, as it were, such as one sees in stained-glass windows, carried along by a Wagnerian Brunhilda riding the clouds. It was a thoroughly ridiculous conception of the part, contrary to reason and truth alike.
Which the poet seeing, and realizing her appetite for praise, recited the lines again and again, till at last one of the company whispered in his ear, 'Stop, my good man; you will be making her get up. She added a similar but still more absurd anecdote of Stratonice the wife of Seleucus, who offered a talent to the poet who should best celebrate her hair.
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