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The mention of the shepherd Philition, who fed his flocks about the place where the Great Pyramid was built, is a singular feature of Herodotus's narrative. It reads like some strange misinterpretation of the story related to him by the Egyptian priests.
Hence they commonly call the pyramids after Philition, a shepherd who at that time fed his flocks about the place. 'After Chephren, Mycerinus, son of Cheops, ascended the throne, he reopened the temples, and allowed the people to resume the practice of sacrifice. He, too, left a pyramid, but much inferior in size to his father's.
It is obvious that if the word Philition did not represent a people, but a person, this person must have been very eminent and distinguished a shepherd-king, not a mere shepherd. According to Smyth, the prince was no other than Melchizedek, king of Salem, and the influence he exerted was supernatural. With such developments of the theory we need not trouble ourselves.
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