n his house.
He added, that the only reason why he did not punish him with death (as
his crime deserved) was, because the Egyptians were careful not to imbrue
their hands in the blood of strangers: that he would keep Helen, with all
the riches that were brought with her, in order to restore them to their
lawful owner: that as for himself, (Paris,) he must either quit his
dominions in three days, or expect to be treated as an enemy. The king's
order was obeyed. Paris continued his voyage, and arrived at Troy, whither
he was closely pursued by the Grecian army. The Greeks summoned the
Trojans to surrender Helen, and with her all the treasures of which her
husband had been plundered. The Trojans answered, that neither Helen, nor
her treasures, were in their city. And, indeed, was it at all likely, says
Herodotus, that Priam, who was so wise an old prince, should choose to see
his children and country destroyed before his eyes, rather than give the
Greeks the just and reasonable satisfaction they desired? But it was to no
purpose for them to affirm with an oath, that Helen was not in their city;
the Greeks, being firmly persuaded that they were trifled with, persisted
obstinately in their unbelief: the deity, continues the same historian,
being resolved that the Trojans, by the total destruction of their city
and empire, should teach the affrighted world this lesson:(430)--THAT GREAT
CRIMES ARE ATTENDED WITH AS GREAT AND SIGNAL PUNISHMENTS FROM THE OFFENDED
GODS. Menelaus, on his return from Troy, called at the court of king
Proteus, who restored him Helen, with all her treasure. Herodotus proves,
from some passages in Homer, that the voyage of Paris to Egypt was not
unknown to this poet.

RHAMPSINITUS. What is related by Herodotus(431) concerning the treasury
built by this king, who was the richest of all his predecessors, and his
descent into hell, has so much the air of romance and fiction, as to
deserve no mention here.

Till the reign of this king, there had been some shadow, at least, of
justice and moderation in Egypt; but in the two following reigns, violence
and cruelty usurped their place.

CHEOPS and CEPHREN.(432) These two princes, who were truly brothers by the
similitude of their manners, seem to have vied with each other which of
them should distinguish himself most, by a barefaced impiety towards the
gods, and a barbarous inhumanity to men. Cheops reigned fifty years, and
his brother Cephren fifty-six year