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years, according to a certain astrological hypothesis among them, they set forth, which some of those who claim to be precise in these matters, shortening them, said were 18 lunar years, having inclined no less to the mythical, they coincide with the eight and nine thousand years, which the Egyptian priests in Plato, in recounting to Solon, do not speak truthfully. And after a little: For what need is there even to mention the thirty thousand years of the Phoenicians or the nonsense of the Chaldeans, that of the 48 myriads? For from these, the Jews, having been from the beginning, starting from Abraham, more modestly and humanly with the truth, having been taught through the spirit of Moses, and from the rest of the Hebrew histories, have handed down a number of five thousand five hundred years until the appearance of the saving Word, which was proclaimed during the monarchy of the Caesars. Aloros reigned as the 1st of the Chaldeans for 10 sari. Alasparos reigned as the 2nd of the Chaldeans for 3 sari. Amelon reigned as the 3rd of the Chaldeans for 13 sari. Amenon reigned as the 4th of the Chaldeans for 12 sari. Metalaros reigned as the 5th of the Chaldeans for 18 sari. Daonos reigned as the 6th of the Chaldeans for 79 years. Euedorachos reigned as the 7th of the Chaldeans for 18 sari. Amphis reigned as the 8th of the Chaldeans for 10 sari. Otiartes reigned as the 9th of the Chaldeans for 8 sari. Xisouthros reigned as the 10th of the Chaldeans for 18 sari. Concerning the antiquity of the Egyptians. Manetho the Sebennyte, high priest of the abominable temples in Egypt, who lived after Berossus in the time of Ptolemy Philadelphus, writes to the same Ptolemy, he too speaking falsely like Berossus, concerning 6 dynasties, that is, 6 gods who never existed, who, he says, lived for 11,985 years. of whom the first, he says, god, Hephaestus, reigned for 9 years. These 9 years, again, some of our own historians, reckoning as lunar months and dividing the number of days of these same 9 lunar periods by the 365 days of the year, calculated 727 and three-quarters years, thinking they had accomplished something remarkable, but one should rather call it ridiculous, reconciling the falsehood with the truth. 19 First dynasty of the Egyptians: 1st, Hephaestus reigned, first dynasty, for 727 and three-quarters years. 2nd of the Egyptians, Helios, son of Hephaestus, reigned for 80 and one-half and one-sixth years. 3rd of the Egyptians, Agathodaimon reigned for 56 and one-half and one-twelfth years. 4th of the Egyptians, Kronos reigned for 40 and one-half years. 5th of the Egyptians, Osiris and Isis reigned for 35 years. 6th of the Egyptians, reigned ****** 7th of the Egyptians, Typhon reigned for 29 years. 8th of the Egyptians, Horos the demigod reigned for 25 years. 9th of the Egyptians, Ares the demigod reigned for 23 years. 10th of the Egyptians, Anubis the demigod reigned for 17 years. 11th of the Egyptians, Herakles the demigod reigned for 15 years. 12th of the Egyptians, Apollo the demigod reigned for 25 years. 13th of the Egyptians, Ammon the demigod reigned for 30 years. 14th of the Egyptians, Tithoes the demigod reigned for 27 years. 15th of the Egyptians, Sosos the demigod reigned for 32 years. 16th of the Egyptians, Zeus the demigod reigned for 20 years. Years of the genesis of the world and the transgression of the Watchers. In the 1122nd year of the world, Jared begot Enoch. Enoch, having become one hundred sixty-five years old, begot Methuselah in the 1287th year of the world. in the 1042nd year of the world, Seth died. in the 1177th year of the world, the Watchers openly committed fornication. From Africanus concerning the Watchers. When the multitude of men had come to be on the earth, angels of heaven came together with the daughters of men. in some copies I have found: the sons of God. But it is related mythically, as I think, that those from Seth are called sons of God by the spirit because of the righteous men and patriarchs descended from him down to the Savior. but those from Cain he calls the seed of men, as having nothing divine on account of the wickedness of their race and on account of the dissimilarity of their nature, so that when they intermingled, God became indignant. But if these are to be understood as angels, they handed down to the women the knowledge concerning magic and 20 sorcery, and also of numbers and the movement of the heavenly bodies, from whom they made children, the giants, on account of whom, when wickedness arose, God determined to destroy every race of living things in a catacly

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ἐτῶν κατὰ θέσιν τινὰ τῶν παρ' αὐτοῖς ἀστρολογουμένων ἐξέθεν το, ἅς τινες τῶν ταῦτα ἀκριβοῦν δοξάντων συστέλλοντες σεληνιαίους εἶπον 18 ἐνιαυτούς, οὐδὲν ἔλαττον ἐπὶ τὸ μυθῶδες ἀπονενευκότες συμπίπτουσι ταῖς ὀκτὼ καὶ ἐννέα χιλιάσιν ἐτῶν, ἃς Αἰγυπτίων οἱ παρὰ Πλάτωνι ἱερεῖς εἰς Σόλωνα καταριθμοῦντες οὐκ ἀληθεύουσιν. καὶ μετ' ὀλίγα· τὰ γὰρ Φοινί κων τρισμύρια ἔτη ἢ τὸν τῶν Χαλδαίων λῆρον, τὸ τῶν μηʹ μυριάδων, τί δεῖ καὶ λέγειν; ἐκ τούτων γὰρ Ἰουδαῖοι τὸ ἀνέκαθεν γεγονότες ἀπὸ Ἀβραὰμ ἀρξάμενοι ἀτυφότερόν τε καὶ ἀνθρωπίνως μετὰ τοῦ ἀληθοῦς διὰ τοῦ Μωυ σέως πνεύματος διδαχθέντες, ἔκ τε τῶν λοιπῶν Ἑβραϊκῶν ἱστοριῶν, ἀριθμὸν ἐτῶν πεντακισχιλίων πεντακοσίων εἰς τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν τοῦ σωτη ρίου λόγου τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς μοναρχίας τῶν Καισάρων κηρυσσομένην παρα δεδώκασιν. Χαλδαίων αʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀλῶρος σάρους ιʹ. Χαλδαίων βʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀλάσπαρος σάρους γʹ. Χαλδαίων γʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀμηλὼν σάρους ιγʹ. Χαλδαίων δʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀμενὼν σάρους ιβʹ. Χαλδαίων εʹ ἐβασίλευσε Μετάλαρος σάρους ιηʹ. Χαλδαίων ςʹ ἐβασίλευσε ∆άωνος ἔτη ζθʹ. Χαλδαίων ζʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Εὐεδώραχος σάρους ιηʹ. Χαλδαίων ηʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀμφὶς σάρους ιʹ. Χαλδαίων θʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ὀτιάρτης σάρους ηʹ. Χαλδαίων ιʹ ἐβασίλευσε Ξίσουθρος σάρους ιηʹ. Περὶ τῆς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἀρχαιολογίασ Μανεθῶ ὁ Σεβεννύτης ἀρχιερεὺς τῶν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ μιαρῶν ἱερῶν μετὰ Βήρωσσον γενόμενος ἐπὶ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Φιλαδέλφου γράφει τῷ αὐτῷ Πτολεμαίῳ, ψευδηγορῶν καὶ αὐτὸς ὡς ὁ Βήρωσσος, περὶ δυναστειῶν ςʹ, ἤτοι θεῶν τῶν μηδέποτε γεγονότων ςʹ, οἵ, φησί, διαγεγόνασιν ἐπὶ ἔτη αʹ α Ϡπεʹ. ὧν πρῶτος, φησί, θεὸς Ἥφαιστος ἔτη θ ἐβασίλευσε. ταῦτα τὰ θ ἔτη πάλιν τινὲς τῶν καθ' ἡμᾶς ἱστορικῶν ἀντὶ μηνῶν σεληνιακῶν λογισά μενοι καὶ μερίσαντες τὸ τῶν ἡμερῶν πλῆθος τῶν αὐτῶν θ σεληνίων παρὰ τὰς τξεʹ ἡμέρας τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ συνῆξαν ἔτη ψκζ#171ʹδʹ, ξένον τι δοκοῦντες κατ ωρθωκέναι, γελοίων δὲ μᾶλλον εἰπεῖν ἄξιον τὸ ψεῦδος τῇ ἀληθείᾳ συμβι βάζοντες. 19 Πρώτη δυναστεία Αἰγυπτίων αʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἥφαιστος, πρώτη δυναστεία, ἔτη ψκζʹ #171δʹ. Αἰγυπτίων βʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἥλιος Ἡφαίστου ἔτη πʹ #171 ςʹ. Αἰγυπτίων γʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀγαθοδαίμων ἔτη ν ςʹ #171ιβʹ. Αἰγυπτίων δʹ ἐβασίλευσε Κρόνος ἔτη μʹ #171. Αἰγυπτίων εʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ὄσιρις καὶ Ἶσις ἔτη λεʹ. Αἰγυπτίων ςʹ ἐβασίλευσεν ****** Αἰγυπτίων ζʹ ἐβασίλευσε Τύφων ἔτη κθʹ. Αἰγυπτίων ηʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ὦρος ἡμίθεος ἔτη κεʹ. Αἰγυπτίων θʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἄρης ἡμίθεος ἔτη κγʹ. Αἰγυπτίων ιʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἄνουβις ἡμίθεος ἔτη ιζʹ. Αἰγυπτίων ιαʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἡρακλῆς ἡμίθεος ἔτη ιεʹ. Αἰγυπτίων ιβʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀπολῶ ἡμίθεος ἔτη κεʹ. Αἰγυπτίων ιγʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀμμὼν ἡμίθεος ἔτη λʹ. Αἰγυπτίων ιδʹ ἐβασίλευσε Τιθόης ἡμίθεος ἔτη κζʹ. Αἰγυπτίων ιεʹ ἐβασίλευσε Σῶσος ἡμίθεος ἔτη λβʹ. Αἰγυπτίων ι ςʹ ἐβασίλευσε Ζεὺς ἡμίθεος ἔτη κʹ. Γενέσεως κόσμου ἔτη καὶ ἐγρηγόρων παράβασισ Τῷ αρκβʹ ἔτει τοῦ κόσμου ἐγέννησεν Ἰάρεδ τὸν Ἐνώχ. Ἐνὼχ γενόμενοςἐτῶν ἑκατὸν ἑξήκοντα πέντε ἐγέννησε τὸν Μαθουσάλα τῷ ασπζʹ ἔτει τοῦ κόσμου. τῷ αμβʹ ἔτει τοῦ κόσμου Σὴθ ἀπέθανε. τῷ αροζʹ ἔτει τοῦ κόσμου οἱ ἐγρήγοροι φανερῶς ἐμοίχευσαν. Ἀφρικανοῦ περὶ τῶν ἐγρηγόρων Πλήθους ἀνθρώπων γενομένου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἄγγελοι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ θυ γατράσιν ἀνθρώπων συνῆλθον. ἐν ἐνίοις ἀντιγράφοις εὗρον· οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ θεοῦ. μυθεύεται δέ, ὡς οἶμαι, ἀπὸ τοῦ Σὴθ ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος οἱ υἱοὶ θεοῦ προσαγορεύονται διὰ τοὺς ἀπ' αὐτοῦ γενεαλογουμένους δικαίους τε καὶ πατριάρχας ἄχρι τοῦ σωτῆρος. τοὺς δ' ἀπὸ Κάιν ἀνθρώπων ἀποκαλεῖ· σποράν, ὡς οὐδέ τι θεῖον ἐσχηκότας διὰ πονηρίαν γένους καὶ διὰ τὸ τῆς φύσεως ἀνόμοιον, ἐπιμιχθέντων αὐτῶν τὴν ἀγανάκτησιν ποιήσασθαι τὸν θεόν. εἰ δὲ ἐπ' ἀγγέλων νοοῖτο ἔχειν τούτους, τῶν περὶ μαγείας καὶ 20 γοητείας, ἔτι δὲ ἀριθμῶν κινήσεως τῶν μετεώρων ταῖς γυναιξὶ τὴν γνῶσιν παραδεδωκέναι, ἀφ' ὧν ἐποιήσαντο παῖδας τοὺς γίγαντας, δι' οὓς τῆς κακίας ἐπιγενομένης ἔγνω πᾶν ἀφανίσαι ζῴων γένος ὁ θεὸς ἐν κατακλυ