[A detachment of soldiers enters from the right; they range themselves beside the statue of Cybele.
Phocion.
[To one of the men beside the stone basin.] What does this mean?
The Man.
The statue is to be fed once more.
Phocion.
Will the Emperor sacrifice here this evening?
Another Man.
Does he not sacrifice both morning and evening—sometimes here, sometimes there?
A Woman.