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Updated: June 11, 2025
During the anchorite's speech the question had occurred to him, what did he in fact expect or wish of the water-bearer; but the answer was wanting, he felt somewhat uncertain of himself, and his uncertainty and dissatisfaction with himself increased as all that he heard struck him more and more.
As we pluck out the shafts, stand aside! here's the battering-ram, Capricornus, or the Goat; full tilt, he comes rushing, and headlong we are tossed; when Aquarius, or the Water-bearer, pours out his whole deluge and drowns us; and to wind up with Pisces, or the Fishes, we sleep.
Virgo, the Virgin, governs the belly and bowels. Libra, the Balance, governs the veins and loins. Scorpio, the Scorpion, governs the secret parts. Sagittary, the Centaur, governs the thighs. Capricorn, the Goat, governs the knees. Aquarius, the Water-Bearer, governs the legs and ankles. Pisces, the Fish, governs the feet.
Midnight must be past that he saw by the position of the moon, and he was beginning to ask himself whether he should remain standing where he was or go on to meet the water-bearer when he heard first a light footstep, and then saw a tall erect figure wrapped in a long mantle advancing straight towards him along the avenue of sphinxes.
The water-bearer had escaped him, had flung the heavy door to, and imprisoned him; and this idea was to the Roman so degrading and unendurable that, lost to every feeling but rage, wounded pride, and the wild desire to be free, he kicked the door with all his might, and called out angrily to Klea: "Open this door I command you. Let me free this moment or, by all the gods "
At the same time he requests me to send Klea the water-bearer, the sister of the girl who was carried off, to Memphis to be examined but this may be deferred. For to-day we will close the temple gates, solemnize the festival among ourselves, and allow no one to enter our precincts for sacrifice and prayer till the fate of the sisters is made certain.
Publius had turned perfectly white, and it was not till his friend had uttered the name of Irene that he in some degree recovered his composure; Philometor had struck his cup on the table, and called out in much excitement: "A water-bearer of Serapis to play Hebe in a gay festal performance! Do you conceive it possible, Cleopatra?"
"Then to be sure?" enquired the Roman in sharp, grave tone. "Then I reflect that a water-bearer the daughter of an outlawed man, in our house " "And do you consider mine as being any less illustrious in Rome than your own is in Corinth?" asked Publius sternly. "On the contrary, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica. We are important by our wealth, you by your power and estates."
"I will take patience; still I have yet another charge to give you. Represent the matter to the high-priest in such a way that he shall think my brother wishes to gratify one of my fancies by demanding absolutely demanding the water-bearer on my behalf.
The high-priest had rejected Philometor's demand that he should send the water-bearer to the palace on King Euergetes' birthday, with a decisiveness which Eulaeus would never have given him credit for, for he had on former occasions shown a disposition to measures of compromise; while Zoe had not even seen the waterbearer.
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