Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

1 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
and the names [of gods] over It, and the spirit of a
demon seized Olympias, in the name ofAmmon/ who
went unto her and worked his will with her. Now
Olympias whcn he rose up from her, he said unto her,
she is united "Bchold, thou hast conceived a male child,^ O woman,
"and hc Ammon.^"'
shall shed glory upon thee, and he shall
"avenge thee."
And^ when Olympias awoke from her sleep she
marvelled, and sent for the magician, that is to say
for Nectanebus, and told him what had happened,
and what had befallen her with the god of the
country concerning whom he had spoken. And*
[she said to him], "Now I desire to know him in
"very deed, and I wish thee to finish thy work and
"to bring him' to me, [but tell me beforehand]^ that
"I may make ready, and be to him^ a bride."
Then Nectanebus answered and said unto her,
"Everything which hath happened to thee up to
"this present, O my lady, and everything which
"thou hast seen is a dream, although, in truth, a
"god did come unto thee. But if thou desirest
"that this god should come [p. 8] unto thee in his
"very person, give me a place near unto thee
' Read h^^TJ :? 2 ^^^^ ni-Od'V =
3 See Pseudo-Callisthenes, Bk. i. chap. 6 (Muller, p. 6,
Meusel, p. 709).
* Some word like ffl^fljA" = seems to have fallen out
of the text; compare the Gr. Kai qjiiffiv.
5 Read (D^f-tm^h :?
•^ Suggested by the Greek KayLu eTOi|uoTepa xuj vu)aqpiLU
cpavuj. 7 Read a)?ihfl>-*r =