Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

24 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
back to his palace in Macedonia, and Olympias
was afraid by reason of that which had come upon
her. And when Philip saw' that she was terrified at
him, he said unto her, "Fear not, O woman,
"neither be afraid, for thou hast had no power in
"this matter, and thou art blameless of this fault,
Hecomforts "evcn as it hath been shewn unto me in a dream,
yp'as- a^j^j ]-^Q disgrace shall come upon thee. For I am
"able [to contend] in everything, and with every-
"thing [p. 12] except the gods. It is none of my
"soldiers who hath made love to thee, neither hast
"thou lusted for a handsome young man, but it is
"the god Ammon himself who hath come unto
"thee." And when he had said these things, he
encouraged her and she gave thanks to the Pro-
phet who had foretold these things.
And^ it came to pass that Philip lived with
Olympias in the palace, and Nectanebus lived there
also although Philip saw him not. And one day
Philip's Philip was saying to his wife, "O woman, thou
wrath.
"hast lied unto me with thy words, for thou art
"not with child by the god Ammon, but by some
"adulterer, and behold, he shall fall into my hands";
now Nectanebus heard these words. And all those
who were in the palace were making rejoicings,
and [only] Philip was sad at^ the conception of
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= See Pseudo-Callisthenes, Bk. i, chap. 10 (Muller, p. g,
Meusel, p. 711).
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