Theseus writes a story about the events that led up to the Persians taking over Egypt, which happened because the king of Persia heard that Egyptian women were the best at having sex in the world. His history of Persia was completed at a time when the Greeks were fascinated by Persia and seems, on one level, to cater to a contemporary Greek interest in Persian wealth and opulence, powerful Persian women, the institution of the harem, kings and queens, eunuchs and secret plots.