Alexander the False Prophet (50)

Sometimes, to amaze dolts, he would deliver an oracle for the benefit of someone who had neither enquired nor sent—who, in fact, did not exist at all. For example:

Seek thou out that man who in utmost secrecy shrouded

Tumbleth at home on the couch thy helpmeet Calligeneia,

Slave Protogenes, him upon whom thou fully reliest.

He was corrupted by thee, and now thy wife he corrupteth,

Making a bitter return unto thee for his own violation.

Aye more, now against thee a baneful charm they have fashioned

So that thou mayst not hear nor see what deeds they are doing;

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This shalt thou find on the floor, beneath thy bed, by the wall-side,:

Close to the head; thy servant Calypso shareth the secret.”