An Egyptian Princess - Complete

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PREFACE TO THE SECOND GERMAN EDITION PREFACE TO THE FOURTH GERMAN EDITION. PREFACE TO THE FIFTH GERMAN EDITION. PREFACE TO THE NINTH GERMAN EDITION. AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS.

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Rhodopis, seated on a chair at the head of the table, near the wine-bowl, not only led the conversation, but gave directions to the slaves in waiting.

She gazed on her cheerful guests with a kind of pride, and seemed to be devoting her attention to each exclusively, now asking the Delphian how he had succeeded in his mission, then the Sybarite whether he was content with the performances of her cook, and then listening eagerly to Ibykus, as he told how the Athenian, Phrynichus, had introduced the religious dramas of Thespis of Ikaria into common life, and was now representing entire histories from the past by means of choruses, recitative and answer.

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