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79 years. he is interpreted as "superfluous-limbed man"; and it was the year of the world 3007. The 7th of the Theban Egyptians who reigned was the 7th, Stoichos his son, who is Ares the senseless, for 6 years; and it was the year of the world 3169. The 8th of the Theban Egyptians who reigned was the 8th, Gosormies, who is †aitesi pan tos†, for 30 years; and it was the year of the world 3175. The 9th of the Theban Egyptians who reigned was the 9th, Mares his son, who is Heliodoros, for 26 years; and it was the year of the world 3205.

KINGS OF THE ASSYRIANS The first of the Assyrians to reign was Belos, for 55 years. and it was

the year of the world 3216. The 2nd of the Assyrians to reign was Ninos, for 52 years. and it was the year of the world 3271. The 3rd of the Assyrians to reign was Semiramis, for 42 years. and it was the year of the world 3323. The 4th of the Assyrians to reign was Ninyas, for 38 years, also called Zames, son of Ninos and Semiramis, for 38 years. and it was the year of the world 3365. How and from where the kings of the Sicyonians began All the antiquarian histories among the Greeks are reported discordantly by the historians who collected them, and especially those before the first Olympiad. Of these, the first and most ancient of all recorded was the rule of the Sicyonians, whose first leader was Aigialeus, from whom what is now the Peloponnese was formerly called Aigialeia. 110 Kings of the Sicyonians for 967 years and 6 priests In the 3239th year of the world, the 76th of Nachor, the kingdom of the Sicyonians began from the first king Aigialeus until the 26th king Zeuxippos, lasting for 967 years. After whom ruled 6 priests for 33 years. Altogether, the entire rule of the Sicyonians was 1000 years, as Apollodoros and others, among whom was also Eusebius, wrote. It is therefore from the 3239th year of the world until the 4238th, as is set down below. From Castor concerning the kingdom of the Sicyonians We set forth also those who reigned in Sicyon, beginning from Aigialeus the first to reign, and ending with Zeuxippos. The kings, then, held power for a period of 959 years. And after the kings, 6 priests of Carneus were established. And these served as priests for 33 years. After whom the priest Charidemos was established, who, not enduring the expense, fled. Of all the Greeks, the Sicyonians and the kings who led Sicyon are recorded as the most ancient in time, of whom the first to rule was Aigialeus, who lived at the time of Belos and Ninos, who are mentioned as the first of the Assyrians to reign in Asia, from whom what is now the Peloponnese was formerly called Aigialeia. And our precise account shows him to be contemporary with Nachor and with Thara, the father of Abraham. The first of the Sicyonians to reign was Aigialeus, for 52 years. and it was the year of the world 3239. The Sicyonians were named from Sicyon, the first city in the Peloponnese.

YEARS OF THE WORLD 21st Generation. Abraham, 100 years. and it was the year of the world 3313. Abraham,

being a Chaldean by race, was raised in his early youth among the Chaldeans and partook of their astrology and other wisdom. 111 But being a friend of God and not deigning to allow his mind to dwell on created things, but rather being led up to the creator from the beauty of created things, he was deemed worthy of divine illumination, while still dwelling in his fatherland, as the first martyr says in the Acts, as has also been previously indicated. It should be known that the Chaldeans are descended from Shem, from whom came Abraham. The Book of Jubilees says that Abraham's maternal grandfather was called Abraham, and Sarra was Abraham's paternal half-sister. Abraham was the first to proclaim the creator God of all. Abraham was the first to circle the altar with branches of palm trees and olives. In the time of Abraham an angel is first named in the divine scripture. From him the Egyptians learned the position and movement of the stars and the science of arithmetic. In his 14th year, Abraham, having recognized the God of all, worshipped him, and having smashed his father's idols, he burned them along with the house.

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ἔτη οθʹ. οὗτος ἑρμηνεύεται τῆς ἀνδρὸς περισσομελής· τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γ ζʹ. ζʹ Θηβαίων Αἰγυπτίων ἐβασίλευσεν ζʹ Στοῖχος υἱὸς αὐτοῦ, ὅ ἐστιν Ἄρης ἀναίσθητος, ἔτη ςʹ· τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γρξθʹ. ηʹ Θηβαίων Αἰγυπτίων ἐβασίλευσεν ηʹ Γοσορμίης, ὅ ἐστιν †αἰτήσι παν τός†, ἔτη λʹ· τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γροεʹ. θʹ Θηβαίων Αἰγυπτίων ἐβασίλευσεν θʹ Μάρης υἱὸς αὐτοῦ, ὅ ἐστιν Ἡλιό δωρος, ἔτη κ ςʹ· τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γσεʹ.

ΑΣΣΥΡΙΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣ Ἀσσυρίων πρῶτος ἐβασίλευσε Βῆλος ἔτη νεʹ. τοῦ δὲ

κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γσι ςʹ. Ἀσσυρίων βʹ ἐβασίλευσε Νίνος ἔτη νβʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γσοαʹ. Ἀσσυρίων γʹ ἐβασίλευσε Σεμίραμις ἔτη μβʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γτκγʹ. Ἀσσυρίων δʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Νινύας ἔτη ληʹ, ὁ καὶ Ζάμης, υἱὸς Νίνου καὶ Σεμιράμεως, ἔτη ληʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γτξεʹ. Σικυωνίων βασιλεῖς πῶς καὶ πόθεν ἤρξαντο Αἱ παρ' Ἕλλησιν ἀρχαιολογίαι πᾶσαι μὲν ἀσύμφωνοι φέρονται παρὰ τοῖς συλλεξαμένοις αὐτὰς ἱστορικοῖς, ἐξαιρέτως δὲ αἱ πρὸ τῆς πρώτης ὀλυμπιάδος. τούτων πρώτη καὶ πάντων παλαιοτάτη ἀνεγράφη ἡ Σικυω νίων ἀρχή, ἧς πρῶτος ἡγήσατο Αἰγιαλεύς, ἀφ' οὗ καὶ Αἰγιάλεια ἡ νῦν Πελοπόννησος τὸ πρὶν ἐκαλεῖτο. 110 Σικυωνίων βασιλεῖς ἔτη Ϡξζʹ καὶ ἱερεῖς ςʹ Τῷ γσλθʹ ἔτει τοῦ κόσμου, ο ςʹ τοῦ Ναχὼρ ἡ Σικυωνίων βασιλεία ἤρξατο ἀπὸ πρώτου βασιλέως Αἰγιαλέως ἕως κ ςʹ βασιλέως Ζευξίππου ἐπὶ ἔτη διαρκέσασα Ϡξζʹ. μεθ' οὓς ἄρχοντες ἱερεῖς ςʹ ἔτη λγʹ. ὁμοῦ τὰ πάντα τῆς Σικυωνίων ἀρχῆς ἔτη α, ὡς Ἀπολλόδωρος καὶ ἕτεροι, ἐν οἷς καὶ Εὐσέβιος, ἔγραψαν. ἔστιν οὖν ἀπὸ γσλθʹ κοσμικοῦ ἔτους ἕως δσληʹ, ὡς ὑπόκειται. Κάστορος περὶ τῆς βασιλείας τῶν Σικυωνίων Παρατίθεμεν δὲ καὶ τοὺς Σικυῶνος βασιλεύσαντας, ἀρχομένους μὲν ἀπὸ Αἰγιαλέως τοῦ πρώτου βασιλεύσαντος, λήγοντας δὲ ἐπὶ Ζεύξιππον. οἱ μὲν οὖν βασιλεῖς κατέσχον ἐτῶν χρόνον Ϡνθʹ. μετὰ δὲ τοὺς βασιλεῖς κατεστάθησαν ἱερεῖς τοῦ Καρνίου ςʹ. οὗτοι δ' ἱεράτευσαν ἔτη λγʹ. μεθ' οὓς κατεστάθη ἱερεὺς Χαρίδημος, ὃς καὶ οὐχ ὑπομείνας τὴν δαπάνην ἔφυγε. Πάντων μὲν Ἑλλήνων παλαιότατοι τοῖς χρόνοις ἀναγράφονται Σικυώ νιοι καὶ βασιλεῖς οἱ Σικυῶνος ἡγησάμενοι, ὧν πρῶτος ἦρξεν Αἰγιαλεὺς κατὰ Βῆλον καὶ Νῖνον γεγονὼς τοὺς πρώτους Ἀσσυρίων βασιλεῦσαι τῆς Ἀσίας μνημονευομένους, ἐξ οὗ Αἰγιάλεια τὸ πρὶν ἡ νῦν Πελοπόννησος ἐκαλεῖτο. συγχρονίζειν δὲ τῷ Ναχὼρ καὶ τῷ Θάρα πατρὶ τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ ὁ ἀκριβὴς καὶ καθ' ἡμᾶς ἀποδείκνυσι λόγος. Σικυωνίων πρῶτος ἐβασίλευσεν Αἰγιαλεὺς ἔτη νβʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γσλθʹ. Σικυώνιοι ἐλέγοντο ἀπὸ Σικυῶνος πόλεως πρώτης ἐν Πελοποννήσῳ.

ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ Γενεὰ καʹ Ἀβραὰμ ἔτη ρʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γτιγʹ. Ἀβραὰμ

Χαλδαῖος ὢν τῷ γένει τὴν πρώτην ἡλικίαν παρὰ Χαλδαίοις ἐτράφη καὶ τῆς παρ' αὐτοῖς ἀστρολογίας καὶ λοιπῆς μετέσχε σοφίας. 111 θεοφιλὴς δὲ ὢν καὶ τοῖς κτίσμασι τὸν νοῦν ἑαυτοῦ μὴ καταδεξάμενος ἐᾶσαι ἐνδιατρίβειν, ἀλλ' ἐπὶ τὸν γενεσιουργὸν ἐκ τῆς τῶν κτισμάτων ἀν αχθεὶς καλλονῆς θείας ἐλλάμψεως ἠξιώθη, ἔτι διατρίβων ἐν τῇ πατρίδι, ὥς φησιν ἐν ταῖς πράξεσιν ὁ πρωτομάρτυς, καθὼς καὶ προσεσήμανται. Ἰστέον δὲ ὅτι οἱ Χαλδαῖοι ἀπὸ τοῦ Σὴμ κατάγονται, ἐξ ὧν ὁ Ἀβραάμ. Τὸν κατὰ μητέρα πάππον τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ ἡ λεπτὴ Γένεσίς φησιν ὅτι Ἀβραὰμ ἐκαλεῖτο, ἡ δὲ Σάρρα ἀδελφὴ ὁμοπατρία τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ ὑπῆρχε. Πρῶτος Ἀβραὰμ δημιουργὸν τὸν τῶν ὅλων θεὸν ἀνεκήρυξε. Πρῶτος Ἀβραὰμ ἐκύκλου τὸ θυσιαστήριον κλάδοις φοινίκων καὶ ἐλαιῶν. Ἐπὶ Ἀβραὰμ πρῶτος ὠνόμασται ἄγγελος ἐν τῇ θείᾳ γραφῇ. Παρ' αὐτοῦ Αἰγύπτιοι τὴν τῶν ἀστέρων θέσιν καὶ κίνησιν ἔμαθον καὶ τὴν ἀριθμητικὴν ἐπιστήμην. Τῷ ιδʹ ἔτει αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἀβραὰμ ἐπιγνοὺς τὸν τῶν ὅλων θεὸν προσεκύνει, τὰ δὲ εἴδωλα τοῦ πατρὸς συντρίψας κατέκαυσε σὺν τῷ οἴκῳ.