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He would submit even to that, he assured Daphne, after she represented to hination, when the tied, but fro had invited him to the palace for the first time, and to decline such an honour was i wished for this summons, because he had been inforn had been present at his reception Only his wife Arsinoe had honoured hiratulations This lack of interest on the part of the King had wounded him, and the absence of an invitation from the royal connoisseur had cast a shadow into the midst of reat and i the conscientious sovereign just at this ti spouse was rendering his doht have spared a short time for an event in the art life of the city, as his De-desired con had finally reached hinition and rare honours, he entered the royal palace

Proclus, who neglected no opportunity of serving the nephew of the rich man whose aid he constantly required for the Queen's finances, was his guide, and described the decoration of the inner apartments of the royal residence Their unostentatious simplicity showed the refined taste of their royal occupant There was no lack of marble and other rare kinds of stone, and the numerous bas-reliefs which covered the walls like the most superb tapestry orthy of special attention In the oblong apartuided these nificent work scenes fro's father, had participated as Alexander's general Others showed Athene, Apollo, the Muses, and Her toward the throne of the sanificent coloured mosaic pictures covered the floor and old and silver had been sparingly used

Masterpieces of painting and sculpture were the ornaments of the roo, Proclus mentioned one of the finest statues of Alexander by Lysippus, and an exquisite Eros by Praxiteles

The period of waiting, however, beca to the spoiled artist that he anticipated the monarch's appearance with painful discomfort, and the result of the few minutes which Ptolemy II devoted to his reception was far behind the hopes he had fixed upon them