Their enemies came there, too, and during the night were overrun by a horde of field mice131 that gnawed quivers and bows and the handles of shields, with the result that many were killed fleeing unarmed the next day. [6] And to this day a stone statue of the Egyptian king stands in Hephaestus’ temple, with a mouse in his hand, and an inscription to this effect: “Look at me, and believe.” [142] [1] Thus far went the record given by the Egyptians and their priests; and they showed me that the time