Even the varying "expressions" assumed by Sardanapalus failed to arouse his enthusiasm.
The first horse replied: "Because he will rule over all those over whom Sardanapalus rules now."
It is not: if it were, Nero would have been happy, and Sardanapalus.
Then Sardanapalus took his place in the chamber on one of the couches with his wife, and on the rest were his concubines.