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they introduce polytheism and the creation of the world from infinite years. For an ancient chronography is reported among the Egyptians, from which I believe Manetho also was deceived, containing 30 dynasties in 113 generations, again an infinite time, and not the same as Manetho's in three myriads and 6,525 years, first of the Auritae, second of the Mestraeans, third of the Egyptians, having it thus verbatim, so to speak. Reign of the Gods according to the ancient chronicle. The time of Hephaestus is not given because he shines night and day. Helios, son of Hephaestus, reigned for 3 myriads of years. Then Cronus, he says, and all the other 12 gods reigned for 3984 years. Then 8 demigod kings for 217 years, and after them 15 generations of the Cynic cycle were recorded in 443 years. Then the 16th dynasty of Tanites, of 8 generations, for 107 years. 57 In addition to these, the 17th dynasty of Memphites, of 4 generations, for 103 years; after them, the 18th dynasty of Memphites, of 14 generations, for 348 years; then the 19th dynasty of Diospolites, of 5 generations, for 111 years. Then the 20th dynasty of Diospolites, of 8 generations, for 228 years. Then the 21st dynasty of Tanites, of 6 generations, for 121 years. Then the 22nd dynasty of Tanites, of 3 generations, for 48 years; then the 23rd dynasty of Diospolites, of 2 generations, for 19 years. Then the 24th dynasty of Saïtes, of 3 generations, for 44 years. In addition to these, the 25th dynasty of Ethiopians, of 3 generations, for 44 years. after them, the 26th dynasty of Memphites, of 7 generations, for 177 years. And after these, the 27th dynasty of 5 Persians, for 124 years. Then the 29th dynasty of Tanites, of * generations, for 39 years. And over all, the 30th dynasty of one Tanite, for 18 years. The total altogether of the 30 dynasties is 3 myriads and 6,525 years. These things, when analyzed, or rather divided by the 1461 years twenty-five times, disclose the mythological restoration of the zodiac among the Egyptians and Greeks, that is, the return from the same point to the same point, which is the first minute of the first degree of the equinoctial sign, called Aries by them, just as has been said both in the *Genika* of Hermes and in the *Kyranides* books. From this I think also that Claudius Ptolemy ordained that the handy tables of astronomy be calculated by periods of 25 years, as the Egyptian and the Greek year are restored in a cycle of 1461 years, even if he set out the canon of 25-year periods for 1476 years because the number 1461 is not perfectly divisible by 25, but leaves a remainder of 14. However, he set the unit as an extra because the movements of the 1st year were contained in full and not from its beginning, just as also in the case of the monthly movements. From this it is possible to recognize also the disagreement of such editions both with our divine scriptures and with one another, that this writing of the Egyptians, which is considered more ancient, introduces an infinite time for Hephaestus, and for the remaining 29 dynasties 36,525 years, although Hephaestus reigned over Egypt many years after the flood and the building of the tower, as will be shown in the proper place. 58 But Manetho, the most famous among the Egyptians, writing about the same 30 dynasties, evidently taking his starting points from these, disagrees greatly concerning the times with this account, as it is possible to learn both from what has been said by us above and from what will be said hereafter. For of the 113 generations in 30 dynasties recorded in the three volumes, their total time amounted to 3555 years, beginning in the 1586th year of the world and ending in the 5147th year of the world, that is, about 15 years before the world-rule of Alexander the Macedonian. If, then, one subtracts from these the 656 years before the flood for the completion of the 2242 years from Adam until the flood, as being false and non-existent, and the 534 years from the flood until the building of the tower and the confusion of tongues and the dispersion of the nations, he will clearly have the beginning of the Egyptian kingdom from the first to reign over Egypt, Mestraim, who is also called Menes by Manetho, from the 2776th year from Adam until Nectanebo the last king of Egypt, so that the total from Mestraim until the same Nectanebo is 2365 years, which

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πολυθεΐας καὶ ἀπείρων ἐτῶν γένεσιν κόσμου εἰσάγουσι. φέρεται γὰρ παρ' Αἰγυπτίοις παλαιόν τι χρονογραφεῖον, ἐξ οὗ καὶ τὸν Μανεθῶ πεπλανῆσθαι νομίζω, περιέχον λʹ δυναστειῶν ἐν γενεαῖς πάλιν ριγʹ χρόνον ἄπειρον, καὶ οὐ τὸν αὐτὸν τὸν Μανεθῶ ἐν μυ ριάσι τρισὶ καὶ ςφκεʹ, πρῶτον μὲν τῶν Αὐριτῶν, δεύτερον δὲ τῶν Με στραίων, τρίτον δὲ Αἰγυπτίων, οὕτω πως ἐπὶ λέξεως ἔχον. Θεῶν βασιλεία κατὰ τὸ παλαιὸν χρονικόν Ἡφαίστου χρόνος οὐκ ἔστι διὰ τὸ νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας αὐτὸν φαίνειν. Ἥλιος Ἡφαίστου ἐβασίλευσεν ἐτῶν μυριάδας γʹ. ἔπειτα Κρόνος, φησί, καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ πάντες θεοὶ ιβʹ ἐβασίλευσαν ἔτη γ Ϡπδʹ. ἔπειτα ἡμίθεοι βασιλεῖς ηʹ ἔτη σιζʹ καὶ μετ' αὐτοὺς γενεαὶ ιεʹ Κυνικοῦ κύκλου ἀνεγρά φησαν ἐν ἔτεσι υμγʹ. εἶτα Τανιτῶν ι ςʹ δυναστεία, γενεῶν ηʹ, ἐτῶν ρ ζʹ. 57 πρὸς οἷς ιζʹ δυναστεία Μεμφιτῶν, γενεῶν δʹ, ἐτῶν ργʹ· μεθ' οὓς ιηʹ δυναστεία Μεμφιτῶν, γενεῶν ιδʹ, ἐτῶν τμηʹ· ἔπειτα ιθʹ δυναστεία ∆ιοσπο λιτῶν, γενεῶν εʹ, ἐτῶν ρ ζδʹ. εἶτα κʹ δυναστεία ∆ιοσπολιτῶν, γενεῶν ηʹ, ἐτῶν σκηʹ. ἔπειτα καʹ δυναστεία Τανιτῶν, γενεῶν ςʹ, ἐτῶν ρκαʹ. εἶτα κβʹ δυναστεία Τανιτῶν, γενεῶν γʹ, ἐτῶν μηʹ· ἔπειτα κγʹ δυναστεία ∆ιοσπο λιτῶν, γενεῶν βʹ, ἐτῶν ιθʹ. εἶτα κδʹ δυναστεία Σαϊτῶν, γενεῶν γʹ, ἐτῶν μδʹ. πρὸς οἷς κεʹ δυναστεία Αἰθιόπων, γενεῶν γʹ, ἐτῶν μδʹ. μεθ' οὓς κ ςʹ δυναστεία Μεμφιτῶν, γενεῶν ζʹ, ἐτῶν ροζʹ. καὶ μετ' αὐτὰς κζʹ δυναστεία Περσῶν εʹ, ἐτῶν ρκδʹ. ἔπειτα κθʹ δυναστεία Τανιτῶν, γενεῶν * ἐτῶν λθʹ. καὶ ἐπὶ πάσαις λʹ δυναστεία Τανίτου ἑνός, ἔτη ιηʹ. τὰ πάντα ὁμοῦ τῶν λʹ δυναστειῶν ἔτη Μγʹ καὶ ςφκεʹ. Ταῦτα ἀναλυόμενα, εἴτουν μεριζόμενα παρὰ τὰ αυξαʹ ἔτη εἴκοσι πεν τάκις, τὴν παρ' Αἰγυπτίοις καὶ Ἕλλησιν ἀποκατάστασιν τοῦ ζῳδιακοῦ μυθολογουμένην δηλοῖ, τοῦτ' ἔστι τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ σημείου ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ σημεῖον, ὅ ἐστι πρῶτον λεπτὸν τῆς πρώτης μοίρας τοῦ ἰσημερινοῦ ζῳδίου, κριοῦ λεγομένου παρ' αὐτοῖς, ὥσπερ καὶ ἐν τοῖς Γενικοῖς τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ καὶ ἐν ταῖς Κυραννίσι βίβλοις εἴρηται. ἐντεῦθεν δὲ οἶμαι καὶ Πτολεμαῖον τὸν Κλαύδιον τοὺς προχείρους κανόνας τῆς ἀστρονομίας διὰ κεʹ ἐτηρίδων ψη φίζεσθαι θεσπίσαι, ὡς τοῦ Αἰγυπτιακοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ διὰ αυξαʹ ἔτους ἀποκαθισταμένων, εἰ καὶ διὰ αυο ςʹ ἐτῶν τὸ κανόνιον τῶν κεʹ ἐτηρίδων ἐξέθετο διὰ τὸ μὴ ἀπαρτίζειν τὸν αυξαʹ ἀριθμὸν εἰς κεʹ, ἀλλὰ λείπεσθαι ιδʹ. τὴν μέντοι μονάδα περιττὴν ἔθετο διὰ τὸ πλήρη τὰ τοῦ αʹ ἔτους ἐγκεῖσθαι κινήματα καὶ μὴ ἀπ' ἀρχῆς αὐτοῦ, ὥσπερ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν μηνιαίων κινημάτων. ἐντεῦθεν δέ ἐστι καὶ τὸ ἀσύμφωνον τῶν τοιού των ἐκδόσεων πρός τε τὰς θείας ἡμῶν γραφὰς καὶ πρὸς ἄλληλα ἐπιγνῶναι, ὅτι αὕτη μὲν ἡ παλαιοτέρα νομιζομένη Αἰγυπτίων συγγραφὴ Ἡφαίστου μὲν ἄπειρον εἰσάγει χρόνον, τῶν δὲ λοιπῶν κθʹ δυναστειῶν ἔτη τρισμύρια ςφκεʹ, καίτοι τοῦ Ἡφαίστου πολλοῖς ἔτεσι μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμὸν καὶ τὴν πυργοποιίαν τῆς Αἰγύπτου βασιλεύσαντος, ὡς δειχθήσεται ἐν τῷ δέοντι τόπῳ. 58 Ὁ δὲ παρ' Αἰγυπτίοις ἐπισημότατος Μανεθῶ περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν λʹ δυ ναστειῶν γράψας ἐκ τούτων δηλαδὴ λαβὼν τὰς ἀφορμὰς κατὰ πολὺ διαφωνεῖ περὶ τοὺς χρόνους πρὸς ταῦτα, καθὼς ἔστι καὶ ἐκ τῶν προειρημένων ἡμῖν ἀνωτέρω μαθεῖν καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἑξῆς λεχθησο μένων. Τῶν γὰρ ἐν τοῖς τρισὶ τόμοις ριγʹ γενεῶν ἐν δυναστείαις λʹ ἀναγεγραμ μένων, αὐτῶν ὁ χρόνος τὰ πάντα συνῆξεν ἔτη γφνεʹ, ἀρξάμενα τῷ αφπ ςʹ ἔτει τοῦ κόσμου καὶ λήξαντα εἰς τὸ ερμζʹ κοσμικὸν ἔτος, ἤτοι πρὸ τῆς Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Μακεδόνος κοσμοκρατορίας ἔτη που ιεʹ. Ἐκ τούτων οὖν ἀφελών τις τὰ πρὸ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ χν ςʹ πρὸς ἀναπλή ρωσιν τῶν βσμβʹ ἐξ Ἀδὰμ ἕως τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ, ὡς ψευδῆ καὶ ἀνύπαρκ τα, καὶ τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ἕως τῆς πυργοποιίας καὶ συγχύσεως τῶν γλωσσῶν καὶ διασπορᾶς τῶν ἐθνῶν φλδʹ, ἕξει σαφῶς τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς Αἰγυπτιακῆς βασιλείας ἐκ τοῦ πρώτου βασιλεύσαντος τῆς Αἰγύπτου Με στραίμ, τοῦ καὶ Μήνεος λεγομένου παρὰ τῷ Μανεθῶ, ἀπὸ τοῦ βψο ςʹ ἔτους τοῦ ἐξ Ἀδὰμ ἕως Νεκταναβῶ τοῦ ἐσχάτου βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου, ὡς εἶναι τὰ πάντα ἀπὸ Μεστραὶμ ἕως τοῦ αὐτοῦ Νεκταναβῶ ἔτη βτξεʹ, ἃ