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Pheros, they said, was succeeded by a man of Memphis, whose name,
in the language of the Greeks, was Proteus. There is a sacred
precinct of this king in Memphis, which is very beautiful, and richly
adorned, situated south of the great temple of Vulcan. Phoenicians
from the city of Tyre dwell all round this precinct, and the whole
place is known by the name of "the camp of the Tyrians." Within the
enclosure stands a temple, which is called that of Venus the
Stranger. I conjecture the building to have been erected to Helen,
the daughter of Tyndarus; first, because she, as I have heard say,
passed some time at the court of Proteus; and secondly, because the
temple is dedicated to Venus the Stranger; for among all the many
temples of Venus there is no other where the goddess bears this title.
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