Theon
Theon was a Greek tanner who lived and worked in Alexandria, Egypt.
In 48 BCE, he was involved in a criminal case where a luxurious pelt of dyed lion skin was stolen from him. Because of his prejudice against Egyptians, he accused one of his Egyptian labourers and had him beaten and imprisoned.
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In 48 BCE, one of Theon's products, a Nubian lion skin dyed blue, was stolen by bandits. Owing to his ethnocentrism, he accused one of his Egyptian labourers who simultaneously worked as a drummer at the Serapeum of Alexandria. He had the worker arrested for theft by the city guards without any evidence other than his proximity to the item at the time it went missing. In the process, one of the Egyptian's leg was broken, and he was imprisoned at the Kibotos Arsenal.[1]
Theon had not expected that the case would soon turn against him, but Lysander, the Priest of Serapis, brought the matter to the attention of the Medjay Bayek of Siwa and asked him to liberate his drummer. In short order, the accused man was rescued and brought back to the temple where Theon castigated Lysander for freeing him. Despite Lysander's insistence at the drummer's innocence, Theon obstinately refused to withdraw his accusation, prompting the Medjay to push one step further and intimidate him into making amends. Reluctantly, the tanner agreed to kneel before Serapis in repentance and to financially compensate his worker for his broken leg.[1]
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