Histories

Hearing of the temple law, some of Alexandrus' servants ran away from him, threw themselves on the mercy of the god, and brought an accusation against Alexandrus meaning to injure him, telling the whole story of Helen and the wrong done Menelaus. They laid this accusation before the priests and the warden of the Nahr an- Nil [31.1,30.166] (river), AfricaNile mouth, whose name was Thonis.

When Thonis heard it, he sent this message the quickest way to Proteus at Mit Rahina [31.25,29.85] (inhabited place), Giza, Upper Egypt, Egypt, AfricaMemphis: