. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. of some of these young ser-vitors was to look after the flowers for the altar; of others, to take care thatthe sacred vases were filled every day with fresh water from the Nile. TIktask of some was to preserve in perfect polish the silver images of the Moonwhich the priests carried in processions, while others were employed in feed-ing the consecrated animals, and in keeping their plumes and scales brightfor the admiring eyes of their worshippers. The office allotted to Alethe—and the most honorable of these minor ministries—was to wait u
. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. of some of these young ser-vitors was to look after the flowers for the altar; of others, to take care thatthe sacred vases were filled every day with fresh water from the Nile. TIktask of some was to preserve in perfect polish the silver images of the Moonwhich the priests carried in processions, while others were employed in feed-ing the consecrated animals, and in keeping their plumes and scales brightfor the admiring eyes of their worshippers. The office allotted to Alethe—and the most honorable of these minor ministries—was to wait upon thesacred birds of the Moon, to feed them daily with eggs from the Nile, of whichthey were fond, and provide for their use purest water. The delicate birdswill touch no other. This employment was the delight of her childish hours;and that ibis around which Alciphron (the Epicurean) saw her dance in theTemple was, of all the sacred flock, her especial favorite, and had been dailyfondled and fed by her from infancy. Thomas Moores The LV ALETHE, PRIESTESS OF ISIS. ALDIBOEONTEPHOSCOPHORNIO 25 ALESSAITDEO ronte-fosco-fornio], a character in Chronon-liotontliologos, by H. Carey. (Sir Walter Scott used to call James Bal-lantyne, the printer, this nickname, fromhis pomposity and formality of speech.) Aldiger, son of Buovo, of the house ofClarmont, brother of Malagigi and Vivian.—Ariosto, Orlando Furioso (1516). Altline (2 syl), leader of the secondsquadron of Arabs which joined the Egyp-tian armament against the says of the Arabs, Their accentswere female and their stature diminutive (xvii.).—Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered (1575). Aldingai* {Sir), steward of queen Elea-nor, A\dfe of Henry II. He impeached thequeens fidelity, and agreed to prove hischarge by single combat; but an angel (inthe shape of a little child) established thequeens innocence. This is probably ablundering version of the story of Gunhildaand the emperor Henry.—Percy, Reliques,i
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