Next by frauds prepared By Ganymede her base attendant, fled Arsinoe (26) from the Court to Caesar's foes; There in the absence of the King she ruled As of Lagean blood: there at her hands, The savage minion of the tyrant boy, Achillas, fell by just avenging sword.
Thus did another victim to thy shade Atone, Pompeius; but the gods forbid That this be all thy vengeance! Not the king Nor all the stock of Lagos for thy death Would make fit sacrifice! So Fortune deemed; And not till patriot swords shall drink the blood Of Caesar, Magnus, shalt thou be appeased.
Still, though was slain the author of the strife, Sank not their rage: with Ganymede for chief Again they rush to arms; in deeds of fight Again they conquer.

So might that one day Have witnessed Caesar's fate; so might its fame Have lived through ages.
As the Roman Chief, Crushed on the narrow surface of the mole, Prepared to throw his troops upon the ships, Sudden upon him the surrounding foes With all their terrors came.

In dense array Their navy lined the shores, while on the rear The footmen ceaseless charged.

No hope was left, For flight was not, nor could the brave man's arm Achieve or safety or a glorious death.
Not now were needed for great Caesar's fall, Caught in the toils of nature, routed host Or mighty heaps of slain: his only doubt To fear or hope for death: while on his brain Brave Scaeva's image flashed, now vainly sought, Who on the wall by Epidamnus' fields Earned fame immortal, and with single arm Drove back Pompeius as he trod the breach....
ENDNOTES: (1) The body of Alexander was embalmed, and the mummy placed in a glass case.

The sarcophagus which enclosed them is stated to be now in the British Museum.
(2) See Book III., 268.
(3) The kettledrum used in the worship of Isis.