Georgius Syncellus, Chronographical Selection

but that only the life of the Hebrews was pure from the filth. And likewise also in the case of the lice and the dog-fly, and of the death of the cattle and of the boils from the sooty dust, of the destructive hail with thunder, of the locust, of the palpable darkness, and above all, of the death of the firstborn both among men, even to Pharaoh himself, and among cattle; which they escaped by the pouring of blood on the doorposts and the lintel. And having despoiled the Egyptians, they went out on the same night from Rameses to Succoth in the 81st year, when Moses was leader. The order of the years from the first of Moses is set down in succession in the canon.

KINGS OF THE ASSYRIANS The 13th of the Assyrians, Aschalius, reigned 28 years. of the

world it was year 3607. The 14th of the Assyrians, Sphaerus, reigned 22 years. and of the world it was year 3718. The 15th of the Assyrians, Mamylus, reigned 30 years. and of the world it was year 3740. The 16th of the Assyrians, Spartheus, reigned 42 years. and of the world it was year 3770. KINGS OF THE EGYPTIANS The 30th of the Egyptians, Sethos, reigned 50 years. and of the world it was year 3637. The 31st of the Egyptians, Kertos, reigned 29 years according to Josephus, but according to Manetho 44 years. and of the world it was year 3687. 143 The 32nd of the Egyptians, Aseth, reigned 20 years. and of the world it was year 3716. He added the 5 epagomenal days to the years, and in his time, as they say, the Egyptian year was designated as 365 days, having been measured as only 360 days before this. In his time the calf was deified and called Apis. The 33rd of the Egyptians, Amosis, also called Tethmosis, reigned 26 years. and of the world it was year 3736.

KINGS OF THE THEBANS. The 31st of the Thebans, Peteathyres, reigned 16 years. and of the

world it was year 3726. The 32nd of the Thebans, Ammenemes, reigned 26 years. and of the world it was year 3742. The 33rd of the Thebans, Ammenemes II, reigned 23 years. and of the world it was year 3768. The 34th of the Thebans, Sistosichermes Heracles the strong, reigned 55 years. and of the world it was year 3791. The 35th of the Thebans, Mares, reigned 43 years. and of the world it was year 3846. The 36th of the Thebans, Siphoas, also called Hermes, son of Hephaestus, reigned 5 years. and of the world it was year 3889.

KINGS OF THE SICYONIANS The 14th of the Sicyonians, Marathonius, reigned 30 years. and of the

world it was year 3835. The 15th of the Sicyonians, Marathius, reigned 20 years. and of the world it was year 3865. The 16th of the Sicyonians, Corax, reigned 30 years. and of the world it was year 3885. 144 The 17th of the Sicyonians, Epopeus, reigned 32 years. and of the world it was year 3015. The 18th of the Sicyonians, Laomedon, reigned 43 years. and of the world it was year 3047. KINGS OF THE ARGIVES The second after the kingdom of the Sicyonians in Europe is said to have been this one, also most ancient, of the Argives, so named in later times from a certain Argus who reigned. Of this, Inachus first reigned for 50 years, from whom the land was first called Inachia, until Argus. And Inachus reigned during the time of Baschaleos, the 13th king of the Assyrians, in his 3rd year, and in the 453rd year of the Assyrian rule, at which time Kertos of Egypt and Plemnaeus of the Sicyonians were reigning. The length of his reign is reported discordantly among the Greeks on account of its antiquity, as is the case for the rest. According to many, from the first, Inachus, until the 9th, Sthenelus, is 413 years. And Danaus, having expelled Sthenelus, took possession of Argos, as all historians testify, for 162 years with his descendants. In total, 575 years from Inachus to Acrisius, the 5th king of Argos from Danaus. And after Acrisius, the last of the Danaids, the kingdom of the Argives was transferred to Mycenae under Eurystheus, the son of Sthenelus, son of Perseus. And the Pelopids succeeded to the kingdom, of whom the first

μόνην δὲ τὴν Ἑβραίων ζωὴν καθαρεύειν τοῦ μύσους. ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν σκνιπῶν καὶ τῆς κυνο μυίας, τοῦ τε θανάτου τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ τῶν ἐπὶ τῷ αἰθαλώδει κονιορτῷ φλυκτίδων, τῆς χαλάζης μετὰ βροντῶν διαφθειρούσης, τῆς ἀκρίδος, τοῦ ψηλαφητοῦ σκότους, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῦ θανάτου τῶν πρωτοτόκων ἔν τε ἀνθρώποις, ἕως αὐτοῦ Φαραῶ, καὶ ἐν κτήνεσιν· ὃν ἔφυγον τῇ προχύσει τοῦ αἵματος ἐπὶ τῶν σταθμῶν καὶ τῆς φλιᾶς. σκυλεύσαντες δὲ Αἰγυπτίους ἐξῆλθον κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν νύκτα ἐκ Ῥαμεσσῆ εἰς Σοκχὼθ ἔτει παʹ Μωυσέως ἀρχομένῳ. Τῶν δὲ χρόνων ἡ τάξις ἀπὸ πρώτου Μωυσέως ἑξῆς ἐν τῷ κανόνι συν τέτακται.

ΑΣΣΥΡΙΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣ Ἀσσυρίων ιγʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀσχάλιος ἔτη κηʹ. τοῦ δὲ

κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γχζʹ. Ἀσσυρίων ιδʹ ἐβασίλευσε Σφαῖρος ἔτη κβʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γψιηʹ. Ἀσσυρίων ιεʹ ἐβασίλευσε Μάμυλος ἔτη λʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γψμʹ. Ἀσσυρίων ιςʹ ἐβασίλευσε Σπαρθέως ἔτη μβʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γψοʹ. ΑΙΓΥΠΤΙΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣ Αἰγυπτίων λʹ ἐβασίλευσε Σέθως ἔτη νʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γχλζʹ. Αἰγυπτίων λαʹ ἐβασίλευσε Κήρτως ἔτη κθʹ κατὰ Ἰώσηππον, κατὰ δὲ τὸν Μανεθῶ ἔτη μδʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γχπζʹ. 143 Αἰγυπτίων λβʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀσῆθ ἔτη κʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γψιςʹ. Οὗτος προσέθηκε τῶν ἐνιαυτῶν τὰς εʹ ἐπαγομένας, καὶ ἐπὶ αὐτοῦ, ὥς φασιν, ἐχρημάτισεν τξεʹ ἡμερῶν ὁ Αἰγυπτιακὸς ἐνιαυτός, τξʹ μόνον ἡμε ρῶν πρὸ τούτου μετρούμενος. ἐπὶ αὐτοῦ ὁ μόσχος θεοποιηθεὶς Ἆπις ἐκλήθη. Αἰγυπτίων λγʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἄμωσις ὁ καὶ Τέθμωσις ἔτη κςʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γψλςʹ.

ΘΗΒΑΙΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣ. Θηβαίων λαʹ ἐβασίλευσε Πετεαθυρῆς ἔτη ιςʹ. τοῦ δὲ

κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γψκςʹ. Θηβαίων λβʹ ἐβασίλευσε Ἀμμενέμης ἔτη κςʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γψμβʹ. Θηβαίων λγʹ ἐβασίλευσε Ἀμμενέμης βʹ ἔτη κγʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γψξηʹ. Θηβαίων λδʹ ἐβασίλευσε Σιστοσιχερμῆς Ἡρακλῆς κραταιὸς ἔτη νεʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γψζαʹ. Θηβαίων λεʹ ἐβασίλευσε Μάρης ἔτη μγʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γωμςʹ. Θηβαίων λςʹ ἐβασίλευσε Σιφόας ὁ καὶ Ἑρμῆς, υἱὸς Ἡφαίστου, ἔτη εʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γωπθʹ.

ΣΙΚΥΩΝΙΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣ Σικυωνίων ιδʹ ἐβασίλευσε Μαραθώνιος ἔτη λʹ. τοῦ δὲ

κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γωλεʹ. Σικυωνίων ιεʹ ἐβασίλευσε Μαράθιος ἔτη κʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γωξεʹ. Σικυωνίων ιςʹ ἐβασίλευσε Κόραξ ἔτη λʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γωπεʹ. 144 Σικυωνίων ιζʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἐποπεὺς ἔτη λβʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γιεʹ. Σικυωνίων ιηʹ ἐβασίλευσε Λαομέδων ἔτη μγʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γμζʹ. ΑΡΓΕΙΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣ ∆ευτέρα μετὰ τὴν Σικυωνίων βασιλείαν κατὰ τὴν Εὐρώπην λέγεται γενέσθαι καὶ αὕτη ἀρχαιοτάτη τῶν Ἀργείων χρόνοις ὕστερον ὀνομαζομέ νων ἀπό τινος Ἄργου βασιλεύσαντος. ταύτης πρῶτος Ἴναχος ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη νʹ, ἀφ' οὗ καὶ ἡ χώρα πρῶτον Ἰναχία ἐλέγετο ἕως Ἄργου. βασιλεύει δὲ Ἴναχος κατὰ Βασχάλεον ιγʹ βασιλέα Ἀσσυρίων ἔτους αὐτοῦ γʹ, τῆς δὲ Ἀσσυρίων ἀρχῆς ἔτη υνγʹ, καθ' ὃν Αἰγύπτου μὲν Κήρτως, Σικυωνίων δὲ Πλημναῖος ἐβασίλευσεν. ὁ δὲ χρόνος τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας ἀσύμφωνος φέρεται παρ' Ἕλλησι διὰ τὴν ἀρχαιότητα, καθάπερ τῶν λοιπῶν. ἔστι δὲ κατὰ τοὺς πολλοὺς ἀπὸ μὲν τοῦ πρώτου Ἰνάχου ἕως τοῦ θʹ Σθενέλου ἐτῶν υιγʹ. τὸν δὲ Σθένελον ∆αναὸς ἐκβαλὼν ἐκράτησε τοῦ Ἄργους, ὡς μαρτυροῦσι πάντες ἱστορικοί, σὺν τοῖς ἀπογόνοις ἔτη ρξβʹ. ὁμοῦ ἔτη φοεʹ ἀπὸ Ἰνάχου ἐπὶ Ἀκρίσιον εʹ ἀπὸ ∆αναοῦ βασιλέως τοῦ Ἄργους. Μετὰ δὲ Ἀκρίσιον ἔσχατον τῶν ∆αναϊδῶν εἰς Μυκήνας μετετέθη ἡ βασι λεία τῶν Ἀργείων κατὰ Εὐρυσθέα τὸν Σθενέλου τοῦ Περσέως. καὶ διε δέξαντο τὴν βασιλείαν οἱ Πελοπίδες ὧν πρῶτος