Zophérnes:
We drink.
Queen:
The flagon, Ackazárpses.
[Ackazárpses brings it. The Queen pours it into her cup.]
Fill up your goblets from the flagon, princes. [She drinks.]
Rhádamandáspes:
We wronged you, Queen. It is a blessed wine.
Queen:
It is an ancient wine and grew in Lesbos, looking from Mytelene to the South. Ships brought it overseas and up this river to gladden the hearts of man in holy Egypt. But to me it brings no joy.