An Egyptian Princess, Complete

drinking

use of that poor young Lydian's imprisonment. Some jealous idiot attacked him before th

ked the o

hat he'll neve

ust be a g

ad a

the bette

orse; for his vict

as sure of death as if he had the rope already round his neck. However, just now he'll get a few days'

be able to save that poor

he only did his duty. A

to know where h

n the storehouse between the principal guard-house of the Egyptian body-guard and the sacre

f courage; do you think he cou

ded by a ten-foot wall, and guarded like the treasury. There are double sentries at every gate. There's only one place where it is left unguard

must leave the poor fellow to his fate. Goo

nt back directly to the two friends,

n of the prison, Darius exclaimed: "I believe a little courage will save him.

on, "and let me give an opin

med to use it when we were riding or hunting together. Then I shall shoot an arrow, with the cord fastened to it, up into his window, (I never miss), tell him to fasten a weight to it and let it down again to me. I shall then secure the rope-ladder to the cord, Zopyrus will draw the whole affair up again, and hang it on an iron n

first-rate!"

. The priests hold strange nightly festivals there, at which every one but the initiated is strictly forbidden to

let either Zopyrus or his deliverers escape, if they can help it. It would be a criminal rashness to expose ourselves uselessly to danger. Bartja, you must take this message yourself, and must marry Sappho this very day, for, come what may, we must leave Naukratis to-morrow. Don't contr

reaties and representations at last took effect, and he went down towards the river to take a boat fo

the temple-servants prevented him from going farther; they were keeping the avenue of sphinxes clear for a procession. The gigantic doors of the Pylon opened, and Bartja, who, in spite of himself, had been pushed into the front row, saw a brilliant procession come out of the temple. The unexpected sight of m

d symbol, the queen appeared. She was dressed in priestly robes and wore a costly head-dress with the winged disc and the Uraeus. In her left hand she held a sacred golden sistrum, the tones of which were to scare away Typhon, and in her right some lotus-flowers. The wife, daughter and sister of the high-priest followed her, in similar but less splendid ornaments. Then came the heir to the throne, in rich

n eye grew dim as the beautiful invalid came in sight. Tachot seemed to notice this, for she raised her eyes from the sistrum and looked kindly and gratefully at the crowd. Suddenly the color left her face, she turned deadly pale, and the golden sistrum fell on to the stone pavement with a clang, close

his hands, and then said, in a low voice, which only he could underst

, in a voice as low as her

un to move on again, was looking round at him. The color had come back into her cheeks, and her bright eyes were trying to meet his. He did not avo

He was quite at ease now about Zopyrus. In Bartja's eyes his friend was already as good as saved, and in

aken off, and her couch carried on to one of the palace-balconies where she liked bes

nted with trees. To-day it was full of priests, courtiers, generals and governors of province

ans!" cried one of the generals. "How magnificently he embellished our temples, and what great honors he paid to the goddess of Sais!" exclaimed one of the singers of Neith. "And then how gracious and condescending he was!" murmured a courtier. "How cleverly he managed to keep peace with the great powers!" said the secretary of state, and the treasurer, wiping away a tear, cried: "How thoroughly he understood the management of the revenue! Since the reign of Rameses III. the treasury has not been so well filled as now." "Psamtik comes into a fine inheritance," lisped

onfirmation of what they had been trying to hide

off listening to the courtiers below, and began looking at the sistrum which Bartja himself had put into her hand, and which she had brought on to the balcony with he

ople in decline, had seized her and was swe

fan away the flies, said afterwards

trickled down from her lips on to her white robe. She awoke, and looked surprised and disappointed on seeing the faces round her. The sight of her

r child good?" asked the queen, trembling at

on't look so distressed and surprised, mother. What I say is really true; it is no dream.-There, you hear, Tentrut saw him too. He must have come to Sais for my sake, and so the child-oracle in the temple-court did not deceive me, after all. And now I don't feel anything more of my illness; I dreamt I was lying in a field of blooming poppies, as red as the blood of the young lambs that are offe

pressed her lips in burning kisses on t

tanding by another beds

standing on his forehead, and his hands grasped the golden lions on the arms

es; they were as keen and intelligen

g Tachot to me?" he

, and suffers s

only end that we can attain without effort, but through sufferings!-the gods alone know how great. Osiri

eat nation. Children and children's children will speak of Amasis as a great, wise and humane king; they will read my name on the great works which I have built in Sais and Thebes, and will praise the greatness of my power. Neither shall I be condemned by Osiris and the forty-two judges of the nether world; the goddess of truth, who holds the balances, will find that my good deeds outweigh my bad."-Here the king sighed deeply and remained silent for some time. Then, looking tenderly at his wife, he said: "Ladice, thou hast been a faithful, virtuous wife to me. For this I thank thee, and ask thy forgiveness for much. We have often misunderstood one another. Indeed it was easier for me to accustom myself to the Greek modes of thought, than for a Greek to understand our Egyptian ideas. Thou know'st my love of Greek art,-thou know'st how I enjoyed th

spirit must necessarily inhabit a beautiful body. Their gods, therefore, are only elevated human beings, but we adore an unseen power working in nature and in ourselves. The animal takes its place between ourselves and nature; its actions are guided, not, like our own, by the letter, but by the eternal laws of nature, which

ow often have I seen, that rules of life given by one man to another are useless. Every man must earn his own experience. His own losses make him prudent, his own learning wise. Thou, my son, art coming to the throne at a mature age; thou hast had time and opportu

her teacher AEsop's fables: 'A traveller, meeting a man on his road, asked him how long it would be before he reached the nearest town.' 'Go on, go on,' cried the other. 'But I want to know first when I shall get to the town.' 'Go on,

ur self. It is the duty of every man, but especially of a king, to acquaint himself intimately with all that concerns the weal or woe of his people. You, my son, are in the habit of using the eyes and ea

kingdom shall be properly divided. The laws are good, and have proved themselves so; hold fast by these laws, and trust no one who sets himself above them; for law is invariably wiser than the individual man, and its transgressor deserves his punishment. The people understand this well, and are ready to sacrifice themselves for us, when they see that we are ready to give up our own will to the law. You do not care for the people. I know their voice is often rude and rough, but it utters wholesome truths, and no one needs to hear truth more than a king. The Pharaoh who chooses pr

the wise endeavor to retain all that has approved itself in the past, to remove all that has become defective, and to adopt whatever is good, from whatever source it may have sprung. Act thus, my son. The priests will try to keep you back-the Greeks to urge you forward. Choose one party or the other, but beware of indecision-of yielding to the one to-day, to the other to-morrow. Between two stools a man falls to the ground. Let the one party be your friends, the other your enemies; by trying to please both, you will have both opposed to you. Human beings hate the man who shows kindness to their enemies. In the last few months, during which you have ruled independently, both parties have been offended

oops we shall be hopelessly lost, but with them victory is not impossible. Be clever; show the Ionians that they are fighting on the Nile for the freedom of their own country-that Cambyses, if victorious, will not be contented with Egypt alone, while his defeat may bring freedom to their own enslaved countrymen in Ionia. I know you agree with me, Neithotep, for in your heart you mean well to Egypt.-Now read me the prayers. I feel exhausted; my end must be very near. If I could only forget that poor Nitetis! had she the right to curse us? May the judges of the dead-may Osiris-have mercy on our souls! Sit down by

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s, the son of Phoenippus, the same who first appeared i

ountry, and, as an old and tried friend, was not only received by

f reception, two days ago; but he knew that Kallias was always welcome to his m

ey looked out for her lover's coming. But Bartja did not come, and Sappho began to be so anxious that Kallias called old Melitta, whose longing looks in the di

sly for me, at my own wish. He calls it a Barbiton, and brings wonderful tones from its chords-tones that must echo on even into the land of shadows. I have told this poet, who offers his

the verses affected you so much, or are you frightened at this likeness of your own

gay, manly voice, and in a few seconds

miling at the wonderful beau

I must go at once to your grandmother. We dare not wait four days for our weddin

that could keep my grandmother so long in the house. But t

nder-storm must be coming on. The sky is

e is not the slightest reason to be afraid of a storm. Since I was a child t

d, "the Nile-swallows were flying close to the water as I came here, and you see there is a cloud coming over the moon al

d supposed. He had finished telling her the story of Zopyrus' arrest,

s a great relief. His words flew as he repeated the events of the last few hours, and begged Theop

teersman to keep the crew together and everything in sailing order.-You are under no obligations to me; on the contrary it is I who have to thank you for the honor you will confer on me. Ho, Knakias!-tell my sla

laves?" s

ward to take them to Kallias

a, giving the old servant his ring,

ce, and the prince went on: "Now, my mothe

mile. "You wish your marriage to be hastened,

emarkable case here. Two people are in great peri

. And then, turning to Rhodopis again, he begged her to delay no longer in tru

the quince with her; this induces me now to entrust to you, without fear, what I have always looked upon as a sacred pledge committed to my keeping. Look upon her too only as a loan. Nothing is more dangerous to love, than a comfortable assurance of exclusive possession-I have been blamed for allowing such an inexperienced child to go forth into your distant country, where custom is so unfavorable to women; but I know what love is;-I know that a girl who loves, knows no home but the heart of her husband;-the woman whose heart has been touched by Eros no misfortune but that of separation from him whom she has chosen. And besides, I would ask you, Kallias and Theopompus, is the position of your own wives so superior to that of the Persian women? Are not the women of Ionia and Attica forced to pass their lives in their own apartments, thankful if they are allowed to cross the street accompanied by suspicious and distrustful slaves? As to the custom which prevails in Persia of taking many wives, I have no fear either

h passionate tenderness, and breathed a light kiss on the forehead of the yo

ier. Melitta, bring the bride's marriage-ornaments, the bracelets and necklaces which lie in the bronze caske

low the niece of the greatest of Hymen's poets to be married without the sound of song and music. The young hus

he wedding-song, so

enae' O!" The god of

om the hymn, was after

y, according to Catull

kon with t

autifully adorned for

holiday garments. H

he bath, which both br

was anointed with swe

15. Xenoph.

ches at the Eleusinian mysteries and we are therefore called Daduchi or torch-bearers. Ho, slave! see that the door of the andronitis is hung with flowers, and tell your comrades to meet us with a shower of sweetmeats as we enter. That's right, Melitta; why, how did you manage to get those lovely violet and myrtle marriage-crowns made so quickly? The rain is streaming through the opening above. You see, Hymen has persuaded Zeus to help

now began to sing the chorus of vi

as had stationed the bride and bridegroom, followed by a loud peal of thunder. "See!" cried the Daduchus, rais

den. After the violent storm which had raged all night, the garden was looking a

had almost forgotten in the excitement o

iers on distant mountain peaks; a solitary eagle circled upward on its broad pinions through the pure morning air, turtle-doves nestled in the tops of the palm-trees; pelicans and ducks fluttered screaming away, whenever a gay sail appeared. The air had been cooled by the storm, a fresh north-wind was blowing, and, no

anging tender words and watching the scene below, till at last Bartja's quick eye caught sight of a

t in to shore and Zopyrus with

of its appearance, had scared the Egyptians; but still there was no time to be lost, as it might reaso

d then, led by Rartja and followed by old Melitta, who was to accompany her to Persia, she went on board Syloson's boat

of his gratitude, while Syloson, in remembrance of the dangers they had shared together, threw his purple cloak over Darius' shoulders. It was a master-specimen of Tynan dye, and had taken the latter's fancy. Da

hat infernal hole from which you saved me. Ah! they're weighing anchor. Farewell, you brave Greek. Remember me to the flower-sisters, especially to the pretty, little Stephanion, and tell her her long-legged lover wo

ma or rowing-song, which echoed again from the hold of the vessel. The beak of the ship bearing the statue of Hygieia, carved in wood, began to move. Bartja and Sappho sto

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us had made their temporary residence. Kassandane was to accompany the army to Egypt, and wished, now that Nebenchari had restored her sight, to see the monument which had lately been built to her great husband's me

s fitted up like a room, and contained, beside the golden coffin in which were preserved such few remains of Cyrus as had been spared by the dogs, vultures, and

colonnades by which it was surrounded had been planned by Croesus, and in the midst o

kings of Persia should pass at least some months of every year. It was a splendid building in the s

she was glad too to see that Atossa was recovering the old cheerfulness, which she had so sadly lost since the death of Nitetis and the de

as assembling in the plains of the Euphrates, and Bar

much impressed with Sappho's great beauty, but she confesse

of drinking. In his dark eyes there was the old fire still, but dimmed and polluted. His hair and beard, formerly so luxuriant, and black as the raven's wing, hung down gre

rsely; but this was only when intoxicated, a condi

agerly now than before on the rigid execution of the law; and wherever he detected an abuse his punishments were cruel and inexorable. Hearing that a judge, named Sisamnes, had been bribed to pronounce an unjust sentence, he condemned the wretched man to be flayed, ordered the seat of justice to b

his robe, and told him in a tone of triumph that he hoped to become a father. The king trembled as he heard the words, vouchsafed his brother no answer, drank himself into unconsciousness that evening, and the next morning called the soothsayers, Magi and Chald

in against the gods; inasmuch as, first: it is a custom among the Persians to marry with their own kin; and secondly, though it be not written in the law that

his absence, and soon after told his horrified mother that, as soon as the conquest of Egypt and t

and reached the Syrian desert in two months. Here they were met by the Arabian tribes whom Phanes ha

were assembled. The case of the Samian fleet was a remarkable one. Polykrates saw in Cambyses' proposal a favorable opportunity of getting rid of all the citizens who were discontented wit

to join the Persian forces, returned to Samos and attempted to overthrow Polykrates. Th

Persian and Egyptian armies were standing face to fa

he desert, which would usually have cost thousands of lives, had been attended with very little loss, and the t

and violent complaint, but the sterner character of a man cannot so soon be comforted. I know what you feel, for I have lost my dearest too. Let us both praise the gods for granting us the best remedy for our grief-war and revenge." P

sured by deserters that the Egyptian army numbered altogether nearly six hundred thousand men. Beside a great number of chariots of war, thirty thousand Karian and Ionian mercenaries, and the corps of the Mazai, two hundred and fifty thousand Kalasirians, one hundred and sixty tho

ments and companies, under differen

riptions immediately f

her from the drawing

on, Wilkinson, Roselli

ves. There is a dagge

of bronze, the hilt of

s are only to be see

ut the native Egyptian

e largest one of which

of Herr E. Brugsch at

eet l

the height of a man. The only clothing of the horse-soldiers was the apron, and their weapon a light club in the form of a mace or battle-axe. Those warriors, on the contrary, who fought in chariots belonged to the highest rank of the military caste, spent large sums on the d

erous than the Egyptian, but they had

lusian plain, and might, unless carefully avoided, have proved fatal to the Persian enterprise. At the close of the council of war Phanes begged to be heard once more: "Now, at length," he said, "I am at liberty to satisfy your curiosity in reference to the closed waggons full of animals, which I have had transported hither. They contain five thousand cats! Yes, you may laugh, but I tell you these creatures will be more serviceable to us than a hundred thousand of our best soldiers. Many of you are aware that the Egyptians have a superstition which leads them rather to die than kill a cat, I, myself, n

be carried out at once. The ingenious Greek was honored by receiving the king's hand to kiss, his expenses were r

coming to the Persian

fe in marriage.

nian declined, on the plea that he must review the Ionian troop

n speaking with their master. Fancying he must be a beggar, Phanes threw him a piece of gold; the old man did n

t to be washed and his head anointed, gave him wine and meat to revive his strength,

food and wine had given him strength to speak, be

emphis, he was seized by Egyptian soldiers, bound and thrown into the dark hold of a boat, which, after a voyage of many days and nights, cast anchor on a totally unknown shore. The prisoners were taken out of their dungeon and led across a desert under the burning sun, and past rocks of strange forms, until they reached a range of mountains with a colony of huts at its base. These huts w

escribes the compulsor

The convicts were eit

spotism in its blind f

. The mines lay in th

Traces of them have be

scriptions of the tim

eferring to the gold-m

other at Kubnn, and h

red in

aving used false weights in trade, managed to escape unperceived; Zeus Lacedaemonius and the great God whom this young man worshipped helped us in our need, and, though we often heard the voices of our pursuers, they never succeeded in capturing us. I had taken a bow from one of our guards; with this we obtained food, and when no game was to be found we lived on roots, fruits and birds' eggs. The sun and stars showed us our road. We knew that the gold-mines were not far from the Red Sea and lay to the south of Memphis. It was not long before we reached the coast; and then, pressing onwards in a northerly direction, we fell in with some friendly mariners, who took care of us until we were taken up by an

his, however, is only paying half the debt I owe you. Praised be the gods, who have put it in my power to make you happy by one single sentence. Know then, Aristomachus, that, only a few days after your disappea

smiting his forehead, he cried in a voice trembling with feeling: "Now it is fulfilled! now it has become a fac

r hosts from the sn

cen

of the stream water

ng boat to the beckoni

ring foot peace an

me, from the snow-topp

l Five grant thee wha

will; but first I raise my hands to Dice, the unchanging goddess

ctims for the dead-for my son-and will take no rest until Cambyses has pierced the heart of Egypt with the arrows which I ha

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semen held their horses saddled and bridled near the camp-fires. Cambyses was riding through the ranks, encouraging his troops by words and looks. Only one part of the army was not yet rang

ses, who assigned him, at the head of one half the Greek troops, a place to the left of the centre attack, while Phanes, with the other half, had his place at the right. The king himself was to take the lead at the head of the ten thou

to guard the camp with its immense treasures, the wiv

. They and the king united in feeding it with costly perfumes, Cambyses offered the sacrifice, and, holding the while a golden bowl high in the air, besought the gods to grant him victory and glory. He then gave the password, "Auramazda, the helpe

ir day also with prayer and sacrifice, and h

purple, and plumes of ostrich feathers nodded on their proud heads. He wore the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, and

rse at the extreme of each wing, and the Egyptian and Ethiopian foot were stationed

s easy to perceive that Cambyses, once lord of Egypt, will stretch out his rapacious hand over your beautiful Hellas and its islands. I need only remind you, that they be between Egypt and your Asiatic brethren who are already groaning under the Persian yoke. Your acclamations prove that ye agree with me already, but I must ask for a still longer hearing. It is my duty to tell you who has sold, not only Egypt, but his own country to the King of Persia, in return for immense treasures. The man's name is Phanes! You are angry and inclined to doubt? I swear to you, that this very Phanes has accepted Cambyses' gold and promised not only to be his guide to Egypt, but to open the gates of your own Greek cities to hi

thenian! see how treachery and corruption are rewarded in this country!" A bowl of wine stood near, provided by the king, from which the soldiers had just been drinking themselves into intoxication. A Karian seized it, plunged his sword into the innocent child's breast, and let the blood flow into the bowl; filled a goblet with the awful

iumphantly shot off his first

d; drunk with her blood, they raised their battle-song, and

ed troops, indignant too at the brutal barbarity of their countrymen, and dashed into the ranks o

the full-moon rose, the Egyptians were flying wildly from the battle-field, perishing in the marshes and in t

s lay dead on the blood-stained sea-sand. The wounde

ias, Persica 9. In an

ways far greater than

his holds good in the

ly not so unfavorable

th a few thousand faithful followers, reached the opposite bank of th

, and so well had he been supported by his Ionians. Ten thousand Karians were t

bravery; but, notwithstanding all their efforts, neither he, nor any o

, to be warmly welcomed by Croesus and the warriors and priests who had r

ens of distinction, such as costly robes, gold chains, rings, swords, and stars forme

with such effect that the guards had already begun to give way. At that moment Bartja, arriving with his troop of horsemen, had put fres

shouted his praises, as "the conqueror of

ay would have been lost if this boy had not presented him with the victory. The brother who had embittered his days of happy love, was now to rob him of half his military

d went to his tent; Aristo

r all," he murmured. "I shall die

answered Phanes. "Were not t

ing boat to the beckon

ing foot peace and

ngering boat, which will convey you to your last home, to the o

u are right there.

ul to the gods for granting you such sons and such vengeance on your enemies. When my wound is healed, I shall go to Gree

a remembrance of his old father. Ther

r, shall I tell him what sha

ion his bow fell from his hand. This was taken by his friends as a

eeds. Psamtik lost courage, for he must have believed that th

ersians fought well. But the battle would have

out d

e, O Zeus La

re pra

to my country. These heterogeneous masses can never be dan

rrow-head sticking fast in his breast, and said with a sad smile, "You have only a few

dopis, and then, before they could prevent him, drew the arrow from his

ommissioned to demand from Psamtik the surrender of his own person and of the city at discretion

en wreath and other rich presents. Cambyses received them graciously and assured them of his friendship; but repulsed the messengers from Cyrene and Barka

n the bottom of the ship, torn his messengers in pieces without distinction, as wild beasts would tear raw flesh, and dragged them in

phis. The siege was short, as the garrison was far too small for the ci

adice, the widow of Amasis, who appeared at the same time as her step-son, with consideration, and, at the intercession of Phanes, to whom she had always shown favor, allowed her to return to her native town of Cyrene under safe conduct. She rem

d on him on a woman, but, as a Persian, had far too much respect for a mot

sed his imprisonment in the palace of the Pharaohs, tr

"child of the sun," and suggested that he should cause himself to be crowned King of Upper and Lower Egypt, with all the necessary formalities, and admitted into the priestly caste according to ancient custom. By the advice of Croesus and Phanes, Cambyses gave in to these proposals, though much against his own will: he went so far, indeed, as to offer sacrifice in the temple of Nei

regorian Museum in th

account of Cambyses'

related in our text.

d, probably in order t

elded to the wishes of

teries and did much fo

me Ramestu is also con

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applied to the king, representing that such hostile acts, if not repressed by fear, might soon be followed by open rebellion. "The two thousand noble youths from Memphis whom you have destined to death as an indemnification for our murdered ambassadors," said he, "ought to be exec

has allowed me to employ these aristocratic

e member of the royal house," added Cambyses.

He would decide the fate of the young prince later; but at all events he was to be taken to the place of execution with th

d is not dead yet, and perhaps will be as well off with us as your own son, who fought so well at Pelusium. I conf

m be brought into the palace-court to-morrow, and let the captives and the c

nd watch him unobserved. You, Phanes, will accompany me

ded by a few of his former companions. He was leaning against a palm-tree, his eyes fixed gloomily on the ground, as his daughters entered the court. The daughter of Neithotep was with them, and some more young girls, all dressed as slaves; they were carrying pitchers of water. At sight of the king, they uttered such a loud cry of anguish as to wake him

led into the court, with ropes round t

Herodotus (III. 14.

often see representat

round their necks.

he same passage

nish the bad foreigners who wanted to kill him. At this sight the Egyptians wept in their exceeding great misery;

yes and caught sight of his former pupil Darius. Reckless of all the spectators around him, he went straight up to the young man, poured out the story of his need, besought his help, and ended by begging an alms. Darius

ote upon his forehead, calling on the na

aimed: "Explain thyself, thou strange man; the misfortunes of a beggar, not even akin to thee, move thy compassion, but thou c

us, are too great for tears; but I may be permitted to weep over the afflictions of a friend, fa

the only eye which was filled with tears. Croesus, Bartja, and all the Persians-nay,

yourself to your fate. Your father's fraud has been visited on you and your family. The crown, which I have wrested from you is the crown of which Amasis deprived my wife, my never-to-be-forgotten Nitetis. For her sake I began this war, and for her sake I grant you no

owers you once gave me, I have ordered the grandson of Amasis to be the executioner's first victim. You have just heard the sound of a horn; that was the sign that the last heir to the Egyptian throne born on the shores of the Nile has been gathered to his fathers. I am aware of the fate I have to expect, Cambyses. I will not plea

shown Solon his treas

rtunate of men, hoping

Tellus, a famous citi

nd Biton. These were t

or wrestling, and one

rned from the field,

tant temple, in prese

the strength of the s

ed these sons. She, tr

the people's praise, w

her to give them the

er prayer was over and

ep, and never woke a

. Cicero. Tu

virtuous maiden from the house of her grandmother, an aged woman, beloved and respected by all the Greeks. These are the sins which he has never been able to forgive; these are the grounds which led him to carry on war to the death with me directly I had quitted his father's service. The struggle is decided now. My innocent children have been murdered at thy command, and I have been pursued like a wild beast. That has been thy revenge. But mine!-I have deprived thee of thy throne and reduced thy people to bondage. Thy daughter I have called my slave, thy son's death-warrant was p

his girdle-an action which would have been equivalent to the signing of a death-warrant when his eye caught sight of the chain,

d by the last Darius t

, who had offended h

o death. As he was b

to Alexander, who was

prove my worth; my av

rosse, Diod. XVII.

ath his hand dropped. One minute the severe ruler stood gazing lingeringly at his disobedient friend; the next, mo

mtik watched him, quivering with excitement, sprang towards the veranda, but before his l

to make immediate preparations for

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gain. Two months had passed away since Pha

sus had suggested should take place on the festival of the goddess Neith. Since the departure of Phanes, Cambyses' behavior had become so intolerable, that Bartja, with the permission of his brother, had taken S

boat, from a point between thirty and forty miles below Memphis, favored b

Sappho was leaning against Bartja. Syloson, the brother of Polykrates, had made himself a comfortable resting-place next to Darius, who was looking

a, "that we can be rowing against the

answered Theopompus. "And then the Egyptian

iling against the stream," added Croesus. "Res

we even make difficulties, if the

with the stream. In quiet inactivity all men are equ

like golden balls? Not one would have come to perfection if the sower had been too lavish with his seed. The fruit would have been choked by too luxuriant tendrils and leaves. Man

inking for the welfare of his subjects, he has all sorts of distant plans in his head. He wishes to conquer the entire world

ce over him?" asked Rhodop

ion to marry Atossa, and was forced

sa!" murmu

he more difficult or her to live contentedly with this husband and mother; I am sorry to hear it said that Cambyses neglects her sadly,

ance of the most perfect composure, "marriages wit

His violent and hasty deeds are repented of almost as soon as committed, and the resolution to be a just and merciful ruler has never forsaken him. At supp

y Cyrus, but have extended his dominion beyond the seas by your conquest of Egypt.' This answer did not seem to please the king, however, and poor Intaphernes was not a little horrified to hear him strike his fist on the table and cry, 'Flatterer, miserable flatterer!'

aughing. "An answer that would have done honor to the ready-witte

ed, thanked Croesus, an

le. The oasis of Ammon is scarcely accessible to a large army, on account of the desert by which it is surrounded; besides which, it seems to me sacrilegious to make war upon a god in the hope of obtaining possession of his treasures, whether we be his worshippers or not. As to the Carthaginians, facts have already justified my predictions. Our flee

sion to you mean, my

cried Zopyrus, before his friend

an like Cambyses. You all of you forget that his heart is sore, and that the slightest vexation pains him. He has lost the woman he really

at I must call my good fortune, for that my attack arrived just at the right time can hardly be reckoned as a merit on my par

on hearing her husband speak so confidently, and by the time Zopyrus had fin

ornament, that Bartja could not help kissing her on the forehead, though so many witnesses were present. This little episode gave a merry turn to the conversation; every one did h

le tables on the open part of the deck. Our cheerful party now repaired thither an

l lighted up by brilliant flames, burning in pans of pitch and sending up clouds of smoke, in which the flags and pennons waved gently backwards and forwards. The palm-trees and sycamores were silvered by the moonlight and threw strange fantastic reflections on the red waters of the Nile-red from the fiery glow of the houses on their shores. But strong and glowing as was the light

r. Not a sound could be heard from either shore. The echoes were carried away by the north-wind, and the measured stroke of the oars

pyrus was the first to break the silence by saying, as he drew a long breath: "I really envy you, Bartja. If t

ring one of your wives?"

arysatis, my youngest favorite, to come out alone with me to-night, this wonderful sight w

opyrus: "I don't quite trust you, my friend. It seems to me that it is not the anger of your wives you fear, so much as the commission of an offence against the customs of your

e, whenever we try to hold the reins a little tight. Indeed there will soon be a regular women's mutiny at the king's gate, and t

loson laughing. "We must make you more r

y Mithras, our wives are quite as well off as yours. It'

s the daughters, not the sons, who are commanded to foster and provide for their aged parents, showing how well the fathers of this now humbled people understood women's nature, and how rightly they acknowledged that she far surpasses man in thoughtful solicitude and self-forgetfu

and the circumstances of every important event that has occurred during the last four thousand years, the courses of the stars, the works of their own artists and sayings of their sages, during the same immense period of time. All this knowledge is recorded in huge books, which have been preserved in a palace at Thebes, called the 'place of healing for the soul.' Their laws are a fountain of pure wisdom, and a comprehensive intellect has been shown in the adaptati

hus in supposing, that

rom the Egypti

ered invalid by circumstances; but the results obtained from numbers can never be overthrown. Who can dispute, for instance, that twice two make four? Numbe

interrupted Zopyrus. "Why, to hear you, one would fancy you'd been spending your life among these old

oras learnt it from the very Onuphis who is now teaching you, Darius. If you will come to see me soon, I will show you how won

and stood speechless, gazing at the

ower, and at the same time warnings of the vanity and mutability of earthly greatness. For where was Chufu now,-the king who had cemented that mountain of stone with the sweat of his subjects? Where was the long-lived Chafr

n good faith, that th

rs of the gods. The t

f these huge structure

ute to the hatred of t

r hardest bondage, and

ever an opportunity c

on" instead of "the p

g and tone of mind of

of hi

hy of the resurrection, whereas the builder of the third and most beautiful pyramid, Menkera, who contented himself wit

mented tombs, slept the mummies of their faithful subjects, and opposite the monument of the pious Menkera stood a temple, where prayers were said by the priests for the souls of the many dead buried in the great Memphian city of the dead. In th

he floods; the city of the Pharaohs came in sight, dazzlingly bright with the myriads of flames which had been kindled in honor of the goddess Neith, and when at last the gigan

hinxes which connected the various gates with the main building, and the now empty house of the god Apis was so surrounded by colored fires that it gleamed li

d walls and columns gleam in the light, and what marvellous figures the

looks yonder!" added Croesus. "I ne

us. "You will hardly believe me when I tell you that I

aw, tell us!" was t

btain the freedom of his child, he led me up to his observatory, from which there is a very exten

came so brightly illuminated by colored lights

otus-flower, the delicate leaves of which seemed scarcely to touch the water. A very lovely woman, dressed like a queen, lay on silken cushions in the middle of the vessel; by her side sat a man of larger stature than that of ordinary mortals. He wore a crown of ivy on his flowing curls, a panther-skin hung over his shoulders and he held a crooked staff in the right hand. In the back part of the ship was a roof made of ivy, lotus-blossoms and roses; beneath it stood a milk-white cow with golden horns, covered with a cloth of purple. The man was Osiris, the woman Isis, the boy at the helm their son Horus, and th

cription of this spect

ind it in Plutarch,

usand times repeated o

of his father," &c. W

inscription at Edfu,

ness of the wind, and the trembling b

shores of the lake, with streaming hair, lamenting her dead husband and followed by the virgins who had escaped with her. Their songs and dances, while seeking the body of Osiris, were strangely plaintive and touching, and the girls accompanied the dance by waving black Byssus scarfs in wonderfully graceful curves. N

y of the god had been transported by the currents of the Mediterranean to Gebal in distant Phoenicia. This s

rejoicing, accompanied by the voices of her beautiful followers. Rumor had not lied; the goddess

sis should find the bo

between Phoenicia and

wn to us by Plutarch,

on of the close affini

myths to be in the f

ether on the shores o

ir colonies. Plutarch'

s very charming. Isis

5

ved corpse, called on the name of Osiris and covered the mummy with ki

ourning and went to look for her son. She found him at the east end of the lake, where

had returned. This time the monster rushed upon the beautiful flowering grave, tore the body o

ourteen different places on the shore fourteen beautiful colored flames were burning. She and her vi

eals of thunder and the braying of trumpets; on the other the sweet voices of the women, singing the most captivating s

ddenly standing in faultless, unbroken lines, falling again into the same lovely tumult and passing once more into order, and all this with the greatest swiftness. Bright rays of light fla

e murdered Osiris, loud songs of triumph and the fl

egions to free his father. The gate to this lower world opened on the

is came up from the lower world, led by his victorious son. Isis hastened to embrace her risen and delivered husband, gave the beautiful Horus his lotus-flower again instead of the sword,

gyptian Amenti, proper

which the soul return

is setting. In a hier

olemies the Amenti

silent. Rho

ange spectacle must have a higher meaning, and we sho

t I know I dare not tell. I was obliged to promise Ne

young spring; Typhon, the scorching drought. The bounteous earth, robbed of her productive power, seeks this beloved husband with lamentations in the cooler regions of the north, where the Nile discharges his waters. At last Horus, the young springing power of nature, is

is allowed, at the end of this odd story, to receive homage from the inhabitants of Hameste

that the history of this divine pair represents not only the life of nature, but also that of th

at if I should chance to die in Egypt. But really, co

" said Rhodopis. "

versation and your features have remained alike beauti

yes' reminds me of the oculist Nebenchari, and my memory fails me so often, that I must ask you what has become

aced himself at the head of the citizens hostile to Persia), to be arrested, and with him a certain oculist named Petammon. He then informed them that, as punishment for the burning of certain papers, they would be condemned to serve a Persian to whom he should sell them, for the term of their natural lives, and to perform the most menial services of slaves in a foreign country. I was present at this scene, and I assure you I trembled before the Egyptian as he said these words to his enemies. Neithotep, however, listened quietly, and when Nebenchari had finished, answered him thus: If thou, foolish son, hast betrayed thy country for the sake of thy burnt manuscripts, the deed has been neither just n

Memphis as prisoners of war), and went home, often passing his hand across his forehead on the way, and with the uncertain step of one intoxicated. On reaching his house he made a will, bequeathin

blinded him, and he reaped despair instead

for you. It was a beautiful trip. Farewell, my dear ones; come to Naukratis soon, I shall return at once with Theopompus and Syloson. Give little Parmys a thous

farewell word, and Bartja, looking round once mor

alling out, "Take care, Bartja! It's unlucky to fall in stepping ashore.

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ir nation for their king, and obeyed him unconditionally: how many of them reached the age of 120 years, and some even passed it: how they ate nothing but boiled flesh, drank new milk and washed in a spring the waters of which had the scent of violets, gave a remarkable lustre to their skins, and were so light that wood could not swim in them: how their captives wore golde

f the prince of Asia were a just man, he would be contented with his own immense empire and not try to subjugate a people who had done him no wrong. "Take your king this bow," he said, "and advise him not to begin the

w of ebony, and gave it to P

which he had overcome the difficulties of his journey and acquitted himself of his mission. He then went to rest, as usual intoxicated, and fel

out the aid of soothsayer or Chaldean. It rouse

him to death, when he was innocent? And if he should raise his hand against you, would not all the Achaemenidae take his part? Have I ever done, or have I any intention of ever doing anything to

y glory which is my just due? Is Bartja so much better than I, that everything which I am forced to give up should be his in hundred-fold measure? Love, friendship, fame, children, everything flows to him as the rivers to the sea, while my heart is parched like the desert. But I am king still. I can show him which is the stronger of us two, and I will, though his forehead may touch the heavens. In Persia there can be only one great man. He or I,-I or he. In a few days I'll send him back to Asia and make him satrap of Bactria. There he can nu

ere, welcomed him with loud acclamations, and fe

s, suspended by gold and silver rings, yellow and dark blue hangings fluttered in the breeze. Gilded wooden benches had been plac

ing the Achaemenidae

and pointed out a target at some distance. Cambyses laughed at the large size of the target, weighted the bow with his right hand, cha

. At last Darius, who was famous for his skill in archery, took the bow. Nearly the same result. The wood was inflexible as iron and all his efforts only availed to move it one finger's breadth. The king gave him a friendly nod in reward for his success, and then, looking round on his friend

all in vain. After a quarter of an hour of almost superhuman exertion, his strength gave way, the ebony, which he had succeeded in bending even farther than Darius, flew back and set all his further endeavors at nought. At last, feeling himself thoroughly exhausted, he dashed the bow on to the ground in a passion, crying: "The Ethiopian is a liar! no mortal man has ever bent that bow. What is impossible for my arm is possible for no

eerfully into his gloomy eyes, and said: "I am a little late, and ask your forgiveness, my lord and brother. Or have I really come in time? Yes, yes, I see there's no arrow in the target yet, so I am sure you, the best archer in the world, cannot have tried your strength yet. But you look so enquiringly at me. Then I will confess that our child kept me. The little creature laughed to-day for t

" said Cambyses, not even dei

believe you want to try your sweet looks on the bow, and win its favor in that fashion, as you do the hearts of men. Give it back to Prexasp

y before him, placed himself opposite the target, summoned all his strength, bent the bow, by an almost superhuman effort, and sen

story (III, 30.), and

on of the events which

ave been placed over t

ritus, (Strabo 730.) p

ng reputed good archer

r and archer, a first-

ythi

trength; but Bartja's nearest friends turned pale and were silent; they were watching th

and honor. Sparks floated before his eyes, in his ears was a sound like the breaking of a stormy sea on the shore; his cheeks glowed and he grasped the a

estlessly up and down his apartments, and try to drown his rage in wine. Suddenly he seemed to have formed a resolution and ordered all the courtiers, except Prexaspes, to leave the hall. When they w

gn of devotion to his will, signed to him to rise, and whispered, as if afraid of hearing his own words: "Act quickly and secretly; and, as you value your life, let no one know of the upstart's death. Depart, and when your wor

he room, calling out as he turned his back on Prexaspes: "Woe be to you if that ups

hired murderer. A fearful struggle began in his mind, and raged long after he left the palace. On the way home he met Croesus and Darius. He fancied they would see from his looks that he was already on the way to a great crime, and hid himself behind the projecting gate of a large Egyptian house. As they passed, he heard Croesus say: "I reproached him bitterly, little as he deserves reproach in

ing which had been assigned as his abode in Sais his two boys ran to the door to meet him. They had stolen away from the play-ground of the sons of the Achaemenidae, (who, as was always the case, had accompanied the king and the army), to see their father for a moment. He felt a strange tenderness, which he could not explain to himself, on taking them in his arms, and kissed the beau

had co

forsook him, and even Croesus' words, which, when he first heard them had given his nobler feelings the victory, now came in as a power on the other side. "A monarch can always find unprincipled servants." Yes, the words were an affront, but at the same time a reminder, that t

n going to the opening which served as a window, to

rs rode by on their way to the king. He put the dagger in his girdle; and at last, on hearing the merry laughter of his youngest child sound from the women's apartments, he set the tiara hastily on

........

tis, had stopped at Sais. Bartja's fall on stepping ashore had disturbed her, and she had with her own eyes seen an owl fly from the left side close by his head. These evil omens, to a heart which had by no means outgrown the super

had dandled and played with her great grandchild, the little Parmys, to her

t beside Atossa, &c..

a, named Parmys, to b

also mentio

one in the form of a Nile-goose, and another on the side of which a woman playing on a lute had been painted, had once contained the princess's costly golden ornaments, and the metal mirror with a handle in the form of a sleeping maiden, had once reflected her beautiful face with its pale pink flush. Everything in the room, from the elegant little couch resting on lions' claws, to the delicately-carve

ht, now, alas, long ago dead and withered. Beside these were a number of amulets in different forms, one representing the goddess of truth, another containing spells written on a strip of papyrus and concealed in a little golden case. Then her eyes fell on some letters written in the Greek character. She read them by the light of the lamp. They were from Nitetis in Persia to her supposed sister, and we

t a hard round substance underneath. She raised them, and discovered a bust made of colored wax, such a wonderfully-exact portrait of Nitetis,

p, thinking of the sad fate of

o which we led our readers during the lifetime of Amasis-an

t its little hands and feet, sometimes to its father, who was kneeling on the ground be

would draw his head back to feel the strength of the little hand, would kiss its rosy feet, its little round white

baby lips, her forehead would touch his curls and

as they now were. At last she came into the arbor to wish them good-morning, and bestowed much praise on old Melitta for appearing a

e with an amount of importance which was very comical. Hiding her old limbs under rich Persian robes, she

in her husband's ear with her arm round his neck: "Tell

uth with a kiss, and then hurried after the ol

beautiful figure, and said, turning to Rhodopis: "Does

, but her true dignity comes with motherhood. It is the feeling of having fulfil

she was leaving us just now, she begged me, privately, to lay the question before you, which I am very

t is not impossible that at the moment when he felt himself defeated he could have killed me; but I know too, that when his fierce passion has cooled, he will forget my boastful deed, and only try to excel me by othe

; his strong arm has become paralyzed, and his generosity can be forfeited too. Trust my experience, that the man who is the slave of one evil passion, is very seldom master of the rest; besides which, no one feels humiliation so bitterly a

l begged me to return with her to Persia. She thinks that Cambyses may forget his anger, when I am out of sight. I thou

is mere madness; instead of subduing those black inhabitants of the south, you yourselves will be conquered by heat, thirst and all the horrors of the desert. In saying this I refer to the campaigns in general; as to your own share in them, I can only say that if no fame is to be won the

ions to these arguments, when he caught sight of

ng with the rings on his right hand as he spoke, in a constrained, embarrassed way. "I come from the king. Your display of strength irritated him yes

resented on the Egypt

among the Arabians an

e. They must have exis

ed the bones of a dro

se creatures were prob

cock, of which bird th

kable, that camels we

after the bi

your wife, and (I speak by the king's command) be ready to start before dark. You will be absent at least a month. I am to accompany you as far as Pelusium. Kassandane w

n on the part of his brother, and at receiving a commission which relieved him of all doubt on the question of leaving

rms, told his wife to set out as soon as possible on her journey to Kassandane, called out jestingly to his mother-in-law, that a

care of that reckless fellow, and remind him of me and his

ed the envoy, busying himself with the bridle o

s saddle, he put his strong arm round her waist, lifted her up to him, and as she stood supporting herself on his foot in the stirrup, pressed her to his heart, as if for a long last farewell. He then let her safely and gently to the ground, took his child up to him on the saddle, kissed a

laid her head on her grandmother's shoulder and wept uncontrollably. Rhodo

PTE

f his old illness, that he was forced to keep his room for two days and nights, ill in mi

one of the royal cup-bearers. The boy said his father had left Memphis, without taking leave of his family. He then sent for Darius, Zopyrus and Gyges, knowing how tenderly they loved Bartja, and enquired after their friend. On hearing from them that he was at Sais, he sent the three youths thith

t of drinking and tasted no wine the whole of that clay. Seeing his m

he king like a year. A hundred times he sent for the young cup-bearer and asked if

om him. The king went at once, for now he longed to look on the fa

nt a gift to Cambyses. He gave Sappho an audience at once, and heard from her that Prexaspes had brought her husband an order to start for Arabia, and herself a summons to Memphis from the queen-mother. At these words the king turned very pale, and his feat

t box, which contained the wax likeness of Nitetis. Rhodopis had advised

d a few words which seemed meant as thanks to his sister-in law, and left the women's apartmen

stroyed his last hope, and with that his last possibility of rest or peace. By this time either Prexaspes would already

w could he answer her questions or those of that lovely Sappho,

e began to despise himself. The consciousness of having acted, and wished to act justly, forsook him, and he began to fancy, that every one who had been executed by his orders, had been, like Bartja, an innocent victim of his fierce anger. These thoughts became so intolerable, that he began to drink once more in the hope of drowning them. But now the wine had precisely the opposite effect, and brought such tormenting thoughts, that, worn out as he was already by epileptic fits and his habit of drinking, both body and mind threatened to give way to the agitation caused by the events of the last months. Burning and shivering by turns, he was at last forced to lie down. While the attendants were disrobing him, he remembered his brother's present, had the box fetched and o

he saw his friend and adviser, Croesus, threatening him in the very same words of warning, which he had used when Bartja had been sentenced to death by his command on account of Nitetis: "Bewar

n of horror. He humbly implored her to forgive him and come back; she remained inexorable. He grew angry, and threatened her, first with his wrath, and then with awful punishments. At last, as she only answered his threats by a low scornful laugh, he ventured to throw his dagger at her. She crumbled at once into a thousand pieces, like the wax statue. But the derisive laughter echoed on, and became louder. Many voices joined in it, each trying to outbid the other. And the voices of Bartja and Nitetis were the loudest,-their tone the most bitter. At last h

e courtiers, who were accustomed to be present when he rose. They appeared in a moment, and with them his mother, Prexaspes, a number of the learned among the Magi, and some Egyptians who were unknown to him. They told him, that he had been lying in a violent fever for weeks, and had only e

up and able to question Prexaspes on the

at once, and in the hope of giving the king a great pleasure and putting his mind completely at rest, he began: "Rejoice, O King! the youth, who dared to desire the disparagement of thy glory, is no more. This hand slew him and buried his body at

e, was seized by a fresh shivering-fit, a

t, however, his strong constitution gained the day, but his mind h

nd shoot once more, he abandoned himself more than ever to the

ormed into the bow of the King of Ethiopia, and that the Feruer (soul) of his father Cyrus

ject, after having miserably lost the greater part of his army by heat and the scarcity of provisions. An historian, who may almost be spoken of as contemporary, tells us that the wretched soldiers, after having subsisted on herbs as long as t

pt some 60 years after

bes the Ethiopian

eturn, but only, with their slavish Asiatic feelings, to obey him all th

lorious apparel celebrating a festival. They had found a new Apis and were

t be celebrating a festival of joy at the news of his misfortunes, sent for their principal men, and after reproaching them with their conduct, asked why they had been gloomy and morose after his victories, but joyous at hearing of his misfortunes. The Memphians answered by explaining the real

told that he was the progeny of a virgin cow and a moonbeam, that he must be black, with a white triangular spot on the forehead, the likeness of an eagle on his

al fell, he broke out into a piercing laugh, and cried: "Ye fools! so your gods are flesh and blood; they can be wounded. Such folly is worthy of you. But ye shall find, that it is not so easy t

II. 29. Cambyses' swor

bull. As the king died

ts Herodotus, who al

s after presumptuous

unlikely that the bull

high w

an insurrection against the Persians. This was very quickly put down, however, and cost Psamtik his life,-a life the stains and severities of which deser

us. Still his true friend and counsellor, Croesus, never left him, though the king had more than once given him over to the guards for execution. But the guards knew their master; they took good care not to lay hands on the old man, and felt sure of impunity, as the king wou

s, which are told of Cambyses at this insane period of his life; but we c

opes of deadening his tormenting conscience by the performance of noble and dangerous acts, let no opportunity pass of trying to exerc

bent his bow, took aim for a moment at Prexaspes' eldest son, who, as cup-bearer, was standing at the back of the hall waiting for and watching every look of his sovereign, and shot him in the breast. He then gave orders that the boy's body should be ope

it bowed before the ruler's power, instead of arming his right hand with the dagger of revenge, and when the frantic king asked him t

th Nitetis and himself. He cursed the dead king and furiously demanded to be taken to the temple of Neith, where his mummy was laid. There he tore the embalmed body out of its sarcophagus, caused it to be scourged, to be stabbed with pins, had the hair torn off and maltreated it in every possible

did not shrink from personally ill-

a dog was to fight with a young lion. The lion had conquered his antagonist, when another dog, the brother of the

and Atossa, who had been forced by the king'

petuous Atossa, that the brave creature who had risked its own life to save its brother, reminded h

f insane fury he struck the daring woman, and might possibly have killed her, if his

delusion in his mind. He believed from that moment, that the eyes of women had power to poison him; he started and hid himself behind his companions whenever he saw a woman, and at last

.......

Sais; they alighted at the royal palace. Croesus h

rief and suffering had worn deep lines in her once beautiful

o a dignified, animated and determined woman. The serious side of life, and three sad years passed with her ungovernable husband and brother, had been first-rate masters in

languid attitude. She looked like Ariadne waiting for Theseus. Longing and expectation lay in every look, in the low tone of her voice, in her measured walk. At the sound of approaching steps, the opening of a door or the unexpect

color came back to her cheeks, her eyes sparkled, she seemed onc

the gods had mercifully given her an aim in life and a link with the lower world, the really precious part of which had seemed to vanish with her vanished husband. Sometimes, as she looked into her baby's blue eyes, so

ssing the little one closer than ever to her hear

smiled sadly at her friend, and covered the little one with kisses, but Kassandane said: "Be thankful to the gods, my child, for having given you a daughter. If Parmys were a boy,

she pressed its little fair curly head close to her breast, a

nto real eloquence in speaking of those bright days; she seemed like an inspired poetess. Then she would take her lyre, and with her clear, sweet, plaintive voice sing the love-songs of the elder Sappho, in which all her own deepest feelings were so truly expressed, and fancy herself once more with her lover sitting under the sweet-scented acan

her, for, as the mother of Parmys, she was by the king's command, forbidden to lea

understood her wish to take leave of this, her dearest and most faithful friend, before setting out for Persia; besides which Kassandane had a great wi

have thought both were queens; it was impossible to

other, undertook the office of interpreter, and the ready intellect of

of Kassandane, and the queen knew no better way of proving thi

ands as if in prayer, she cried: "Leave me my S

ht up at the king's gate. I dare not allow the little Parmys, Cyrus' only grandchild, to leave me, and, much as Sappho loves you, you know she would not part from h

d way out of our perplexity. Leave Naukratis, and come with us to Persia. There you can spend you

had already prepared me for the gracious proposal you have just made, and I have had a long and difficult battle to fight, before I could decide on resigning my dearest blessing for my highest good. It is not easy, but it is glorious, it is more worthy of the Greek name-to live a good and beautiful life, than a happy one-to follow duty rather than pleasure. My heart will follow Sappho, but my intellect and experience belong to the Greeks; and

and nobly, and at the conclusion gave her her hand to kiss. After a short pause, Kassandane said: "Do what you think rig

e of your great virtue are warrant

which lies upon me to make good the w

and can sing the songs of her native country already after her mother. I shall do nothing to check her love of music, t

however, by constant practice a Greek youth were to attain to the strength of a bull, the truth of the Deity, and the wisdom of the most learned Egyptian priest, we should still look down upon him were he wanting in two things which only early example and music, combined with these bodily exercises, can give: grace and symmetry. You smile because you do not understand me, but I can prove to you that music, which, from what Sappho tells me, is not without its moving power for your heart, is as important an element in education as gymnastics, and, strange as it may sound, has an equal share in effecting the perfection of both body and mind. The man who devotes his attention exclusively to music will, if he be of a violent disposition, lose his savage sternness at first; he will become gentle and pliable as metal in the fire. But at

ideas of this spe

ideal

nd who has been brought up in the belief that splendor, power and riches are the highest good, can never possibly attain to the perfect manhood, which we beseech the gods to grant our boys. And if this unfortunate being happens to have been born with an impetuous disposition, ungovernable and eager passions, these will be

queen, and felt that she had gone too far and had wounded a mother's heart,-a heart full

you too must endeavor to forgive, for I can assure you that he who has murdered the happiness of your child and of mine, though the most powerful, is of all mortals the most to be pitied. Fare

this she left

d to Crotona in the neighborhood of Pythagoras and there passed hi

s. The increasing power of Persia causes me no fear; indeed, I believe that when the barbarous lust of conquest stretches out its hand towards us, our

nding the events which afterwards took place, she continued to believe that Bartja would return, and full of love, fidelity and

ed father next to the gods of her native land, for her mother's tales had brough

re the latter's residence in summer, and in her conversations there with Kassandane and Atossa one name was often mentioned-the name of

TER

t days of Cambyses. We have already described the ruin of his mind, but his physical end remain

emy, Polykrates, to Sardis and crucified him there, thus fulfilling what Amasis had prophecied of the tyrant's mournful end. This act the satrap

of thousands of their countrymen to certain death in the deserts of Libya and Ethiopia, inspired the enraged Asiatics with a hatred which, when skilfully fed by the powerful Magi, soon roused, first the Medes and Assyrians, and then the Persians, to defection and open insurrection. Motives of self-interest led the ambitious high-priest

and setting him on the throne in place of Cambyses. The hatred felt throughout the entire kingdom towards their insane king, and the love and attachment of the nation to Bartja, made this stratagem so easy of accomplishment, that when at last messengers from Oropastes arrived in all the provinces of the empire declaring to the discontente

ad, declared the royal harem his own, and had shown himself once from a distance to the people, who were to recognize in him the murdered Bartja. After that time, however, for fear of being at last unmasked, he concealed himself

xabates to Egypt, to inform the army of the change of rulers that had taken place and pe

ad already won over a considerable part of the army for the new king, when he wa

s brought before the king, and promised impun

d Egypt, that Bartja had ascended the throne of Cyrus an

his own command, but in this moment he began to suspect that the envoy had deceived him and spared his brother's life. The thought had no sooner entered his mind than he ut

tance. On hearing this, Prexaspes saw through the whole web of trickery at once, reminded the king of the unhappy misunderstandings to which the marvellous likeness between Bartja and Gaumata had formerly given rise, and concluded by off

the army started homeward without delay. Driven by this new delusion, the king took no rest by day or night, till

been living in a kind of sleep. He seemed astonished and pained at hearing what had happened during these years. But of his brother's death he was fully aware. He knew that Prexaspes had killed him by his-the king's-orders and had told him that Bartja lay buried on the shores of the Red Sea.-During the night which f

o his care, and in the hope, faint as it was, of bringing him back to the righ

h the ashamed look of a child, he grieved over his wrong deeds and his madness, begged Croesus to forgive him, thanked him for having borne so long and

ambyses shook his head resolutely, and, pale and wan as he looked, begged Croesus to have his couch carried on to a rising ground in the open air, and then to summon the Achaemenidae. Wh

his brother Gaumata, who resembles Bartja so nearly that even Croesus, Intaphernes and my uncle, the noble Hystaspes, were once deceived by the likeness, have placed themselves at their head. Woe is me, that I have murdered him who, as my nearest kinsman, should have avenged on the Magi this affront to my honor. But I cannot recall him from the dead, and I therefore appoint you the executors of my last will. By the Feruer of my dead father, and in the name of all good and pure spirits, I conjure yo

ed in Croesus' arms. Nitetis was his last thought; he died with her name on his lips and tears of penitence in his eyes. When the Persians had left the unclean corpse, Croe

the town of Barene, which belonged to him, and lived there many years as a f

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aining certain information as to the person of the usurper. With this view, Otanes sent a confidential eunuch to his

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Ardumams, Vidarna, Ba

ed that he had lost both ears. Without this discovery, however, she could assert positively that though there were a thousand points of similarity between the usurper and the murdered Bartja, the former was in reality none other than Gaumata, the brother of Oropastes. Her old friend Boges had resumed his office of chief of the eunuchs, and had revealed to her the secrets of the Magi. The h

the throne, so clear an account of the real person of the usurper was very welcome to them, and they resolv

l to them, than Prexaspes. He was much looked up to by the Persians, and his assurance, that he had not murdered Bartja, would have been sufficient to tame the fast-spreading report of the real way in which the youth had met his death. Oropastes, therefore, sent for Prexaspes, who, since the king's dying words, had been avoided by all the men of his own rank and had led the life of an outlaw, and promised him an immense sum of money, if he would ascend a high tower and declare to the people, assembled in the court beneath, that evil-dispo

ve loved you like a son; take care of my children when I am no more, and use your

g existence by a worthy deed, and though even this may procure me no mercy at the bridge of Chinvat, in the mouths of men, at least, I shall have redeemed my honorable name from the stain with which I defiled it. Know then, that the man who gives himself out for the son of Cyrus, sent me hither; he promised me rich rewards if I would deceive you by declaring him to be Bartja, the son of the Achaemenidae. But I scorn his promises and swear by Mithras and the Feruers of the kings, the most solemn oaths I am acquainted with, that the man who is now ruling you is none other than the Magian Gaumata, he who was deprived of his ears, the brother of the king's vicegerent and high-priest, Oropastes, whom ye all know. If it be your will to forget all the glory ye owe to the Achaemenidae, if to this ingratitude ye choo

he tower and cast himself down head foremost, thus exp

and cries for vengeance. They burst open the gates of the palace and were pressing in with cries of "Death to t

to shouts of joy, and cried more impetuously than

d usurpers. Fresh cries of joy arose in answer to these words, and when at last the bleeding heads of Oropastes and Gaumata were shown to the crowd, they rushed w

relessly-guarded gate, sought out the part of the building occupied by the Magi, and then, assisted by their own knowledge of the palace, and the fact that most of the guards had been sent to keep watch over the crowd assembled to hear Prexaspes easily penetrated to the apartments in which at that moment they were to be found. Here they were resisted by a few eunuchs, headed by Boges, but these were overpowered and killed to a man. Darius became furious on seeing Boges, and killed him at once. Hearing the dying cries of these eunuchs, the Magi rushed to the spot and prepared to de

is brother Gaumata, better known under the

ly at Pasargadae, and with still more splendor, his marriage with his beloved Atossa. The trials of her life had ripened her character, and she proved a faithful, beloved and respected companion to

mentioned as the favor

erxes to be his succes

ghter of Gobryas. Her

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revered and

ath, was entirely owing to Darius. He was liberal of his own, but sparing of his subjects' treasures, and made truly royal gifts without demanding more than was his due. He introduced a regular system of taxation, in place of the arbitrary exactions practised under Cyrus and Cambyses, and never allowed himself to be led astray in the carrying out of what seemed to h

s found in the archives of Ecbatana, he allowed the Jews to carry on the building of their temple to Jehovah; he also left the Ionian cities fre

ly; for this reason he held the Egyptians in high esteem, and granted them many privileges, amongst ot

can be found as early

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and possibly finished

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canal, have had much

policy of the English

of Egypt, but the unw

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rs of his life he delighted to study the treasures of their wisdom, and no one was allowed to attack either their religion or customs, as long as he

ad called their own kings, and yet, in the last years of his reign, their desire for independence led them to forget gra

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conquered the rebels

ted his brother Achae

rius and Atossa, to bring back the inhabitants of the N

vellers to this day. Six thousand Egyptian workmen, who had been sent to Asia by Cambyses, took part in the work and also assisted in building a tomb for Dari

be deciphered with certainty, and contains an account of the events related in the last few chapters, very nearly agreeing with our own and that of Herodotus. The following sentences occur amongst others: "Thus saith Darius the King: That which I have done, was done by the grace

as there be. Auramazda and the other gods gave me help, because I was not swift to anger, nor a liar, nor a violent ruler, neither I nor my kinsmen. I have shown favor unto him who helped my brethren, and I have punished severely him who was my enemy. Thou who shalt be king afte

rus, the son of Megabyzus, continued to

of fortune he would like so many repetitions, as there were seeds in that fr

him bleeding, and deprived of his ears and nose, and explained that he had mutilated himself thus in order to cheat the Babylonians, who knew him well, as he had formerly been on intimate terms with their daughters. He said he wished to tell the haughty citizens, that Darius had thus disfigured him, an

handsome friend, that Darius wept, and when at last the almost impregnable fortress was really won by Zopyr

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eminded the king of his former services, Darius received him as a friend

aid, when at last they were obliged to yield:

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llias sent a messenger to Susa, to in

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