She longed, indeed, to get home, that her father might share the happiness which uplifted her heart; but then she reflected that she would not soon have the opportunity of carrying out, unobserved, the purpose she had in her mind.

Now, if ever, was the time to offer sacrifice for Caesar and for the mitigation of his sufferings.
The thought that Galenus perhaps was right, and that of Caracalla's myriad subjects she might be the only one who would do so much for his sake, strengthened her resolve.
The chief temple of Asklepios, whom the Egyptians called Imhotep, was at the Serapeum.

Imhotep was the son of Ptah, who, at Alexandria, was merged in Serapis.

There he was worshiped, conjointly with Serapis and Isis, by Egyptians, Greeks, and Syrians alike.

The little sanctuary near her father's house was the resort of none but Greeks.