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630 thousand, just as the same Moses wrote in his most wise chronography. FOURTH ACCOUNT OF THE TIMES OF THE KINGDOM OF THE LAND OF THE ARGIVES. And after Inachus, Phoroneus and many others reigned over the Argives until the reign of Lynceus who took to wife Hypermnestra, one of the daughters of Danaus. This Lynceus, having made war on king Danaus, killed him and took his kingdom and his daughter, just as the most wise Archilochus wrote. And after the reign of Lynceus, Triopas reigned in the land of the Argives for 5 years. And in this same fifth year of his reign, the kingdom of the Argives was dissolved, and the Sicyonians took their kingdom. The kingdom, that is, the toparchy, of the Argives thus lasted for 549 years, just as the most wise Diodorus also wrote. And of the Sicyonians, who are now called Helladic, Aegialeus was the first to reign, for 52 years, 69 and then 26 other kings until Zeuxippus, who reigned over them for 32 years. And then their priests governed the land, and their kingdom lasted for 985 years, just as the most wise Africanus wrote. But the West, that is the region of Italy, was then without a king, but was governed by the sons of Picus, also called Zeus, and by their race. In which times Moses and Aaron died in the desert; and Joshua the son of Nun governed Israel, as was said before. Who, making war, took Jericho and the aforementioned city of Jerusalem, which the same Joshua, son of Nun, renamed Jebus. And having taken the land, he himself dwelled in the city called Shechem, renaming it Neapolis. And after the death of Joshua, son of Nun, who made the people of the Jews cross the Jordan river by the command of God and come into the land of Palestine and by a mystical trumpet bring down the walls of Jericho, after him Phinehas led Israel; and after Phinehas, 13 judges, chosen from the people, governed Israel. And in their times, among the Greeks, there were Prometheus and Epimetheus and Atlas and Argus Panoptes, whom they called hundred-eyed because the man was circumspect and 70 quick-witted, and Deucalion, the son of Hellen, the son of Picus. And Argus himself invented craftsmanship in the western parts; and Atlas interpreted astronomy; for this reason they say that he holds up the sky, because he has the things of heaven in his heart; and Prometheus discovered the philosophy of letters; about whom they say that he fashioned men, in that he made them, being unlearned, to discern through philosophy and to know the events of former times; and Epimetheus discovered music; and Deucalion set forth the things concerning the partial flood, just as the most wise Eusebius, son of Pamphilus, wrote. And after the judges of the Jews had died, Barak, the son of Abinoam, led the people. And there was a certain prophetess named Deborah, who told the Jews all things that were to come. And in those times there was also among the Greeks a prophetess, Sibyl; and in these same times, Pharaoh, also called Naracho, reigned over the Egyptians; and a certain Cecrops reigned over the Athenians, who was descended from Egypt; and he was of enormous size, for which reason they also called him of two natures. And this man became the first king of the Athenians after the flood of Attica; and after the flood of Attica, the kingdom came to the Athenians. And he alone, Cecrops, reigned 71 over the Athenians, he commanded to legislate for the women under the kingdom

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χιλιάδων χλʹ, καθὼς καὶ ὁ αὐτὸς Μωσῆς συνεγράψατο ἐν τῇ σοφωτάτῃ αὐτοῦ χρονογραφίᾳ. ΛΟΓΟΣ ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΣ ΧΡΟΝΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ ΑΡΓΕΙΩΝ ΧΩΡΑΣ. Τῶν δὲ Ἀργείων μετὰ τὸν Ἴναχον ἐβασίλευσεν ὁ Φορωνεὺς καὶἄλλοι πολλοὶ ἕως τῆς βασιλείας Λυγκέως τοῦ ἀγαγομένου τὴν Ὑπερμνήστραν γυναῖκα τῶν ∆αναοῦ θυγατέρων. ὅστις Λυγκεὺς πολεμήσας τῷ ∆αναῷ βασιλεῖ τοῦτον ἐφόνευσε καὶ ἔλαβε τὴν βασιλείαν καὶ τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ, καθὼς Ἀρχίλοχος ὁ σοφώτατος συνεγράψατο. καὶ μετὰ τὴν βασιλείαν Λυγκέως ἐβασίλευσε Τριόπας ἐν τῇ Ἀργείων χώρᾳ ἔτη εʹ. καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ πέμπτῳ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ κατελύθη ἡ βασιλεία τῶν Ἀργείων, καὶ κατέσχον τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτῶν οἱ Σικυώνιοι. κατέσχεν οὖν ἡ βασιλεία, ἤτοι τοπαρχία, τῶν Ἀργείων ἔτη φμθʹ, καθὼς καὶ ∆ιόδωρος ὁ σοφώτατος συνεγράψατο. τῶν δὲ Σικυωνίων τῶν νυνὶ λεγομένων Ἑλλαδικῶν ἐβασίλευσε πρῶτος ὁ Αἰγιαλεὺς ἔτη νβʹ, 69 καὶ λοιπὸν ἄλλοι βασιλεῖς κςʹ ἕως Ζευξίππου τοῦ βασιλεύσαντος αὐτῶν ἔτη λβʹ. καὶ λοιπὸν οἱ ἱερεῖς αὐτῶν ἐδιοίκουν τὴν χώραν, καὶ κατέσχεν ἡ βασιλεία αὐτῶν ἔτη Ϡπεʹ, καθὼς Ἀφρικανὸς ὁ σοφώτατος συνεγράψατο. Ἡ δὲ δύσις, ὅ ἐστι τὰ ἐπὶ τὴν Ἰταλίαν, ἦν τότε ἀβασίλευτος, διοικουμένη δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Πίκου τοῦ καὶ ∆ιὸς καὶ τοῦ γένους αὐτῶν. ἐν οἷς χρόνοις ἐτελεύτησε Μωσῆς καὶ Ἀαρὼν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· καὶ ἐδιοίκει τὸν Ἰσραὴλ Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ναυή, ὡς προείρηται. ὅστις πολεμῶν παρέλαβε τὴν Ἰεριχὼ καὶ τὴν ἀνωτέρω εἰρημένην πόλιν Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἥντινα μετεκάλεσεν ὁ αὐτὸς Ἰησοῦς, υἱὸς Ναυή, Ἰεβοῦν. αὐτὸς δὲ παραλαβὼν τὴν χώραν ᾤκησε τὴν λεγομένην πόλιν Συχέμ, μετακαλέσας αὐτὴν Νεάπολιν. καὶ μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν Ἰησοῦ, υἱοῦ Ναυή, τοῦ ποιήσαντος περᾶσαι τὸν λαὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων τὸν Ἰορδάνην ποταμὸν κατὰ κέλευσιν θεοῦ καὶ ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν τῆς Παλαιστίνης χώραν καὶ σάλπιγγι μυστικῇ λῦσαι τὰ τείχη Ἰεριχώ, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον ἡγεῖτο τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ Φινεές· μετὰ δὲ Φινεὲς ἐδιῴκουν τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ιγʹ κριταί, ἐπιλεγέντες ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ. Ἐν δὲ τοῖς τούτων χρόνοις ἦν παρ' Ἕλλησιν ὁ Προμηθεὺς καὶ ὁ Ἐπιμηθεὺς καὶ ὁ Ἄτλας καὶ ὁ πανόπτης Ἄργος, ὃν ἑκατοντόφθαλμον ἐκάλουν διὰ τὸ περίβλεπτον εἶναι τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ 70 γοργόν, καὶ ∆ευκαλίων, ὁ υἱὸς Ἕλληνος τοῦ Πίκου. ὁ δὲ Ἄργος αὐτὸς εὗρε τὴν τεχνικὴν ἐπὶ τὰ δυτικὰ μέρη· ὁ δὲ Ἄτλας ἡρμήνευσε τὴν ἀστρονομίαν· διὰ τοῦτο λέγουσιν ὅτι τὸν οὐρανὸν βαστάζει, διότι τὰ οὐρανοῦ ἔχει ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ· ὁ δὲ Προμηθεὺς τὴν γραμματικὴν ἐξεῦρε φιλοσοφίαν· περὶ οὗ λέγουσιν ὅτι ἀνθρώπους ἔπλαττε, καθ' ὃ ἰδιώτας ὄντας ἐποίησεν ἐπιγινώσκειν διὰ φιλοσοφίας καὶ τῷ πρώην χρόνῳ εἰδέναι τὰ συμβάντα· ὁ δὲ Ἐπιμηθεὺς τὴν μουσικὴν ἐξεῦρεν· ὁ δὲ ∆ευκαλίων τὰ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ τοῦ μερικοῦ ἐξέθετο, καθὼς Εὐσέβιος ὁ Παμφίλου ὁ σοφώτατος συνεγράψατο. Μετὰ δὲ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν τοὺς κριτὰς τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἡγεῖτο τοῦ λαοῦ Βαρὰχ ὁ τοῦ Ἀβινοέμ. ἦν δέ τις γυνὴ προφῆτις ὀνόματι ∆εββῶρα, ἥτις ἔλεγε τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις πάντα τὰ μέλλοντα. Ἐν δὲ τοῖς καιροῖς ἐκείνοις ἦν καὶ παρ' Ἕλλησι μάντις Σίβυλλα· καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς χρόνοις Αἰγυπτίων ἐβασίλευσε Φαραὼ ὁ καὶ Ναραχώ· τῶν δὲ Ἀθηναίων ἐβασίλευσε Κέκροψ τις, ὅστις ἐξ Αἰγύπτου κατήγετο· ἦν δὲ παμμεγέθης, διὸ καὶ διφυῆ αὐτὸν ἐκάλουν. οὗτος δὲ πρῶτος βασιλεὺς ἐγένετο Ἀθηναίων μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμὸν τῆς Ἀττικῆς· μετὰ δὲ τὸν κατακλυσμὸν τῆς Ἀττικῆς εἰς Ἀθηναίους ἦλθε τὸ βασίλειον. ἢ μόνον δὲ αὐτὸς ἐβασί 71 λευσε Κέκροψ Ἀθηναίων, ἐκέλευσε νομοθετῆσαι τὰς γυναῖκας τὰς ὑπὸ τὴν βασιλείαν