Lives of Alcyone

filled with dignity and success; and although at every turn both he
and the new Maharaja missed the sage counsel of Mercury, they
were yet able to manage well by constantly applying the maxims
which she had taught them.
His closeness to Alcyone remained until his death, in a
position of great honour dignity and usefulness, in which he was
succeeded by his brother Mizar yet in spite of all this he quite
frequently had an irrational longing for the more active life of the
world—a desire to go out with Ulysses in his occasional campaigns,
and to live the life of a soldier rather than that of the priest and
student. Nevertheless his life was on the whole a happy one, and
one in which much good karma was unquestionably made. Finally
he passed peacefully away at the age of eighty – three, leaving
behind him a great reputation for wisdom and sanctity of life.
After Mizar’ s death, Alcyone’ s eldest son Siwa was invited
to take charge of the Principal temple at the capital. He accepted,
and brought with him his eldest son Brihat as assistant, leaving
Alcyone’ s original temple in the hands of his second son, Naga,
who with the help of his wife Herakles had already established for
himself a great reputation for administrative ability.
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