But the day was warm and poetic,
the sky was a light azure,
the Alexandrian Gymnasium was
a triumphant achievement of art,
the opulence of the courtiers was extraordinary,
Caesarion was full of grace and beauty
(son of Cleopatra, blood of the Lagidae);
and the Alexandrians rushed to the ceremony,
and got enthusiastic, and cheered
in Greek, in Egyptian, and some in Hebrew,
enchanted by by the beautiful spectacle --
although they full well knew what all these were worth,
what hollow words these kingships were.

Constantine P. Cavafy (1912)

ATTALAKI ART FESTIVAL, ALEXANDRIA