| 2A nectanahiiss flight from the Persians. He greets Olyminas.
The king
sees his
further ill-
luck by
wizardry.
He fleeth
unto
Ethiopia
and from
Ethiopia to
Macedonia
and is
there a
soothsayer.
The
Egyptians
learning
his absence
get an
oracle why
he is gone
and when
he shall
come back
again
victorious.
They make
of him a
black stone
image.
Philip,
king of
Macedon,
being gone
to battle,
Anectana-
bxis meeting
Oljonpia
greets her
and is
answei-ed.
does to flight ? ' And having said these words, he went into
his chamber alone, and made brazen shells, and filled them with
rain-water, and held in his hand a palm rod, and gazing into
this, began, as hard as he could, to utter spells, and beheld how 4
the Egyptians were being smitten down at the onslaught of the
Barbarians' ships.
Forthwith he changed his dress, and shaved his head and
beard, and took gold as much as he might bear, and which might 8
be needful to him to busy himself with wizardry. And thus
he fled from Egypt, near by Pelusium. And at length, coming
into Ethiopia, he put on linen apparel, [and] in the guise of
an Egyptian seer went into Macedonia. And there he sate 12
himself, and before all the Greeks, and in their sight was sooth-
saying. But the Egyptians, when they saw how Anectanabus
was not at Court, went to Serapis, who was their greatest god,
and besought him that he might give them answer as to 16
Anectanabus their king. And Serapis replied : ' Anectanabus,
your king, is gone from Egypt because of Artaxerxes, the king
of the Persians, who will subdue you unto his lordship. Never-
theless, when a short time hath flown by, he will come back 20
to shake off his thraldom, and will be avenged on your foes,
and yoke them under you.' And as soon as they had got this
answer, they made a kingly statue out of a black stone, in
honour of Anectanabus. And they wrote on it, at his feet, this 24
saying, that it might be handed down for their offspring to
think of. But Anectanabus remained in Macedonia, nor was
he known.
How Anectanabus went up to the Palace to
Olympia the Queen.
In tlie meantime, Philip, king of Macedonia, went out to 28
battle. But Anectanabus went forward to the palace, that
he might behold Olympia the queen, and see how fair she was.
And when he saw her, his heart was smitten with love
of her, and stretching forth his hand, he greeted her, saying, 32
* Hail, Queen of Macedonia,' disdaining to call her ' lady '. And
she, Olympia, answered him, speaking thus : ' Hail, master,
come thou and sit near.' And when he sftte thus, Olympia
Translation | 2A nectanahiiss flight from the Persians. He greets Olyminas.
The king
sees his
further ill-
luck by
wizardry.
He fleeth
unto
Ethiopia
and from
Ethiopia to
Macedonia
and is
there a
soothsayer.
The
Egyptians
learning
his absence
get an
oracle why
he is gone
and when
he shall
come back
again
victorious.
They make
of him a
black stone
image.
Philip,
king of
Macedon,
being gone
to battle,
Anectana-
bxis meeting
Oljonpia
greets her
and is
answei-ed.
does to flight ? ' And having said these words, he went into
his chamber alone, and made brazen shells, and filled them with
rain-water, and held in his hand a palm rod, and gazing into
this, began, as hard as he could, to utter spells, and beheld how 4
the Egyptians were being smitten down at the onslaught of the
Barbarians' ships.
Forthwith he changed his dress, and shaved his head and
beard, and took gold as much as he might bear, and which might 8
be needful to him to busy himself with wizardry. And thus
he fled from Egypt, near by Pelusium. And at length, coming
into Ethiopia, he put on linen apparel, [and] in the guise of
an Egyptian seer went into Macedonia. And there he sate 12
himself, and before all the Greeks, and in their sight was sooth-
saying. But the Egyptians, when they saw how Anectanabus
was not at Court, went to Serapis, who was their greatest god,
and besought him that he might give them answer as to 16
Anectanabus their king. And Serapis replied : ' Anectanabus,
your king, is gone from Egypt because of Artaxerxes, the king
of the Persians, who will subdue you unto his lordship. Never-
theless, when a short time hath flown by, he will come back 20
to shake off his thraldom, and will be avenged on your foes,
and yoke them under you.' And as soon as they had got this
answer, they made a kingly statue out of a black stone, in
honour of Anectanabus. And they wrote on it, at his feet, this 24
saying, that it might be handed down for their offspring to
think of. But Anectanabus remained in Macedonia, nor was
he known.
How Anectanabus went up to the Palace to
Olympia the Queen.
In tlie meantime, Philip, king of Macedonia, went out to 28
battle. But Anectanabus went forward to the palace, that
he might behold Olympia the queen, and see how fair she was.
And when he saw her, his heart was smitten with love
of her, and stretching forth his hand, he greeted her, saying, 32
* Hail, Queen of Macedonia,' disdaining to call her ' lady '. And
she, Olympia, answered him, speaking thus : ' Hail, master,
come thou and sit near.' And when he sftte thus, Olympia
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