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Of the rest, nothing worth mentioning was recorded. And they reigned for 448 years. Total for the 4 dynasties after the flood: 1165, according to Eusebius.

ACCORDING TO AFRICANUS Fifth dynasty of 8 kings from Elephantine 1st

Usercheres, 28 years. 2nd, Sephres, 13 years. 3rd, Nephercheres, 20 years. 4th, Sisires, 7 years. 5th, Cheres, 20 years. 6th, Rathoures, 44 years. 7th, Mencheres, 9 years. 8th, Tancheres, 44 years. 9th, Onnos, 33 years. Total, 248 years. Together with the previously listed 1046 years of the 4 dynasties, the total is 1274 years. Sixth dynasty of six Memphite kings 1st Othoes, 30 years, who was murdered by his bodyguards. 2nd, Phios, 53 years. 3rd, Methousouphis, 7 years. 4th, Phiops, who began to reign at the age of six, lived to be 100 years old. 5th, Menthesouphis, one year. 6th, Nitocris, the noblest and most beautiful woman of her time, fair-skinned, who built the third pyramid; she reigned for 12 years. 65 Total, 203 years; together with the previously mentioned 1274. Of the 5 dynasties, 1477 years. Seventh dynasty of 70 Memphite kings, who reigned for 70 days. Eighth dynasty of 27 Memphite kings, who reigned for 146 years. Together with the previously mentioned years, the total for the 8 dynasties is 1639 years. ACCORDING TO EUSEBIUS Fifth dynasty of thirty-one kings from Elephantine, of whom the first was Othoes. He was murdered by his bodyguards. The 4th, Phiops, began to reign at the age of six and reigned up to one hundred years. So, together with the previously listed 1165 years of the four dynasties, the total is 1265. Sixth dynasty. A woman, Nitocris, reigned, the noblest and most beautiful of her time, being fair-skinned, who is also said to have built the third pyramid; and they reigned for 3 years, in another copy 203 years. Together with the previously listed 1265 of the five dynasties, the total is 1478 years. It should be noted how much Eusebius falls short of the accuracy of Africanus, both in the number of kings, and in the omissions of names and in the years, though he writes almost the words of Africanus himself; Seventh dynasty of five Memphite kings, who reigned for 75 days. Eighth dynasty of 5 Memphite kings, who reigned for 100 years. Together with the previously mentioned years, the total for the eight dynasties is 1578. ACCORDING TO AFRICANUS Ninth dynasty of 19 Heracleopolite kings, who reigned for 409 years, of whom the first, Achthoes, being more terrible than his predecessors, worked evils for those in all of Egypt, but later fell into madness and was killed by a crocodile. 66 Tenth dynasty of 19 Heracleopolite kings, who reigned for 185 years. Eleventh dynasty of 16 Diospolite kings, who reigned for 43 years. after whom Ammenemes, 16 years. Up to this point Manetho has conducted the first volume. Total: 192 kings, 2300 years, 70 days.

FROM THE SECOND VOLUME OF MANETHO Twelfth dynasty of Diospolite kings

seven. 1st, Sesonchosis, son of Ammanemes, 46 years. 2nd, Ammanemes, 38 years, who was murdered by his own eunuchs. 3rd, Sesostris, 48 years, who conquered all of Asia in nine years, and of Europe as far as Thrace, erecting monuments everywhere of the condition of the nations, engraving on the stelae the genitals of men for the noble, but of women for the ignoble, so that he was considered by the Egyptians to be the first after Osiris. 4th, Lachares, 8 years. Who constructed the labyrinth in the Arsinoite nome as a tomb for himself. 5th, Ameres, 8 years. 6th, Ammenemes, 8 years. 7th, Skemiophris, his sister, 4 years. total, 160 years. ACCORDING TO EUSEBIUS Ninth dynasty of 4 Heracleopolite kings, who reigned for 100 years, of whom the first, Achthoes, being more terrible than his predecessors, worked evils for those in all of Egypt, but later fell into madness and was killed by a crocodile. 67 Tenth dynasty of 19 Heracleopolite kings, who reigned for 185 years. Eleventh dynasty of 16 Diospolite kings, who reigned for 43 years. after whom

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λοιπῶν οὐδὲν ἀξιομνημόνευτον ἀνεγράφη. οἳ καὶ ἐβασί λευσαν ἔτεσιν υμηʹ. Ὁμοῦ τῶν δʹ δυναστειῶν μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμὸν αρ ζεʹ κατὰ Εὐσέβιον.

ΚΑΤΑ ΑΦΡΙΚΑΝΟΝ Πέμπτη δυναστεία βασιλέων ηʹ ἐξ Ἐλεφαντίνησ αʹ

Οὐσερχέρης ἔτη κηʹ. βʹ Σεφρὴς ἔτη ιγʹ. γʹ Νεφερχέρης ἔτη κʹ. δʹ Σισίρης ἔτη ζʹ. εʹ Χέρης ἔτη κʹ. ςʹ Ῥαθούρης ἔτη μδʹ. ζʹ Μενχέρης ἔτη θʹ. ηʹ Τανχέρης ἔτη μδʹ. θʹ Ὄννος ἔτη λγʹ. Ὁμοῦ ἔτη σμηʹ. γίνονται σὺν τοῖς προτεταγμένοις αμ ςʹ ἔτεσι τῶν δʹ δυναστειῶν ἔτη ας ζδʹ. Ἕκτη δυναστεία βασιλέων ἓξ Μεμφιτῶν αʹ Ὀθόης ἔτη λʹ, ὃς ὑπὸ τῶν δορυφόρων ἀνῃρέθη. βʹ Φιὸς ἔτη νγʹ. γʹ Μεθουσουφὶς ἔτη ζʹ. δʹ Φίωψ ἑξαέτης ἀρξάμενος βασιλεύειν διεγένετο μέχρις ἐτῶν ρʹ. εʹ Μενθεσουφὶς ἔτος ἕν. ςʹ Νίτωκρις γεννικωτάτη τε καὶ εὐμορφοτάτη τῶν κατ' αὐτὴν γενομένη, ξανθὴ τὴν χροιάν, ἣ τὴν τρίτην ἤγειρε πυραμίδα· ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη ιβʹ. 65 Ὁμοῦ ἔτη σγʹ γίνονται σὺν τοῖς προτεταγμένοις ας ζδʹ. Τῶν εʹ δυναστειῶν ἔτη αυ ζζʹ. Ἑβδόμη δυναστεία Μεμφιτῶν βασιλέων οʹ, οἳ ἐβασίλευσαν ἡμέρας οʹ. Ὀγδόη δυναστεία Μεμφιτῶν βασιλέων κζʹ, οἳ ἐβασίλευσαν ἔτη ρμ ςʹ. Γίνονται σὺν τοῖς προτεταγμένοις ἔτη αχλθʹ τῶν ηʹ δυναστειῶν. ΚΑΤΑ ΕΥΣΕΒΙΟΝ Πέμπτη δυναστεία βασιλέων τριάκοντα ἑνὸς ἐξ Ἐλεφαντίνησ ὧν πρῶτος Ὀθόης. οὗτος ὑπὸ τῶν δορυφόρων ἀνῃρέθη. ὁ δὲ δʹ Φίωψ ἑξαέτης ἀρξάμενος ἐβασίλευσε μέχρις ἐτῶν ἑκατόν. Γίνονται οὖν σὺν τοῖς προτεταγμένοις αρ ζεʹ ἔτεσι τῶν τεσσάρων δυνα στειῶν ας ζεʹ. Ἕκτη δυναστεία Γυνὴ Νίτωκρις ἐβασίλευσε τῶν κατ' αὐτὴν γεννικωτάτη καὶ εὐμορφο τάτη, ξανθή τε τὴν χροιὰν ὑπάρξασα, ἣ καὶ λέγεται τὴν τρίτην πυραμίδα ᾠκοδομηκέναι· οἳ καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν ἔτη γʹ, ἐν ἄλλῳ σγʹ. Γίνονται σὺν τοῖς προτεταγμένοις ας ζεʹ τῶν πέντε δυναστειῶν ἔτη αυ ζηʹ. Σημειωτέον ὁπόσον ὁ Εὐσέβιος Ἀφρικανοῦ λείπεται ἀκριβείας ἔν τε τῇ τῶν βασιλέων ποσότητι καὶ ταῖς τῶν ὀνομάτων ὑφαιρέσεσι καὶ τοῖς χρό νοις, σχεδὸν τὰ Ἀφρικανοῦ αὐταῖς λέξεσι γράφων· Ἑβδόμη δυναστεία Μεμφιτῶν βασιλέων πέντε, οἳ ἐβασίλευσαν ἡμέρας οεʹ. Ὀγδόη δυναστεία Μεμφιτῶν βασιλέων εʹ, οἳ ἐβασίλευσαν ἔτη ρʹ. Γίνονται σὺν τοῖς προτεταγμένοις ἔτη αφ ζηʹ τῶν ὀκτὼ δυναστειῶν. ΚΑΤΑ ΑΦΡΙΚΑΝΟΝ Ἐνάτη δυναστεία Ἡρακλεοπολιτῶν βασιλέων ιθʹ, οἳ ἐβασίλευσαν ἔτη υθʹ ὧν ὁ πρῶτος Ἀχθόης δεινότατος τῶν πρὸ αὐτοῦ γενόμενος τοῖς ἐν πάσῃ Αἰγύπτῳ κακὰ εἰργάσατο, ὕστερον δὲ μανίᾳ περιέπεσε καὶ ὑπὸ κροκο δείλου διεφθάρη. 66 ∆εκάτη δυναστεία Ἡρακλεοπολιτῶν βασιλέων ιθʹ, οἳ ἐβασίλευσαν ἔτη ρπεʹ. Ἑνδεκάτη δυναστεία ∆ιοσπολιτῶν βασιλέων ι ςʹ, οἳ ἐβασίλευσαν ἔτη μγʹ. μεθ' οὓς Ἀμμενέμης ἔτη ι ςʹ. Μέχρι τοῦδε τὸν πρῶτον τόμον καταγήοχε Μανεθῶ. Ὁμοῦ βασιλεῖς ρ ζβʹ, ἔτη βτʹ, ἡμέραι οʹ.

∆ΕΥΤΕΡΟΥ ΤΟΜΟΥ ΜΑΝΕΘΩ ∆ωδεκάτη δυναστεία ∆ιοσπολιτῶν βασιλέων

ἑπτά. αʹ Σεσόγχωσις Ἀμμανέμου υἱὸς ἔτη μ ςʹ. βʹ Ἀμμανέμης ἔτη ληʹ, ὃς ὑπὸ τῶν ἰδίων εὐνούχων ἀνῃρέθη. γʹ Σέσωστρις ἔτη μηʹ, ὃς ἅπασαν ἐχειρώσατο τὴν Ἀσίαν ἐν ἐνιαυτοῖς θʹ καὶ τῆς Εὐρώπης τὰ μέχρι Θρᾴκης, πανταχόσε μνημόσυνα ἐγείρας τῆς τῶν ἐθνῶν σχέσεως, ἐπὶ μὲν τοῖς γενναίοις ἀνδρῶν, ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖς ἀγεν νέσι γυναικῶν μόρια ταῖς στήλαις ἐγχαράσσων, ὡς ὑπὸ Αἰγυπτίων μετὰ Ὄσιριν πρῶτον νομισθῆναι. δʹ Λαχάρης ἔτη ηʹ. ὃς τὸν ἐν Ἀρσινοΐτῃ λαβύρινθον ἑαυτῷ τάφον κατ εσκεύασε. εʹ Ἀμερὴς ἔτη ηʹ. ςʹ Ἀμμενέμης ἔτη ηʹ. ζʹ Σκεμίοφρις ἀδελφὴ ἔτη δʹ. ὁμοῦ ἔτη ρξʹ. ΚΑΤΑ ΕΥΣΕΒΙΟΝ Ἐνάτη δυναστεία Ἡρακλεοπολιτῶν βασιλέων δʹ, οἳ ἐβασίλευσαν ἔτη ρʹ ὧν πρῶτος Ἀχθώης δεινότατος τῶν πρὸ αὐτοῦ γενόμενος τοῖς ἐν πάσῃ Αἰγύπτῳ κακὰ εἰργάσατο, ὕστερον δὲ μανίᾳ περιέπεσε καὶ ὑπὸ κροκο δείλου διεφθάρη. 67 ∆εκάτη δυναστεία Ἡρακλεοπολιτῶν βασιλέων ιθʹ, οἳ ἐβασίλευσαν ἔτη ρπεʹ. Ἑνδεκάτη δυναστεία ∆ιοσπολιτῶν βασιλέων ι ςʹ, οἳ ἐβασίλευσαν ἔτη μγʹ. μεθ' οὓς