Georgius Syncellus, Chronographical Selection

Hyllus the elder, son of Heracles, led the battle against the Peloponnesians, which prevailed for a considerable number of years between the Peloponnesians and the Heracleidae. Then the island of Rhodes was settled by the Lacedaemonians, as Dexippus records, who had migrated from the Peloponnese because of the attack of the Heracleidae. 208 At that time the rule of Mycenae was also overthrown, having lasted for 6 years according to some, but fewer according to others. The Amazons invaded Asia along with the Cimmerians. They also burned the temple in Ephesus beforehand.

KINGS OF THE ATHENIANS The 15th king of the Athenians was Thymoetes, who reigned for 9 years, of Apheidas

brother. The year of the world was 4365. Under him, the kingdom of the Erechtheids, called that of the Atticans, was overthrown among the Athenians, and passed to another family. For when Xanthus the Boeotian challenged Thymoetes and Thymoetes did not answer, Melanthus of Pylos, son of Andropompus, took up the challenge, fought in single combat, and upon winning became king. From this the festival of the Apaturia is celebrated in Athens, because the victory was won with deceit. The 16th king of the Athenians was Melanthus of Pylos, son of Andropompus, who reigned for 37 years. The year of the world was 4374. The 17th king of the Athenians was Codrus, son of Melanthus, who reigned for 21 years. The year of the world was 4411. Under him the return of the Heracleidae to the Peloponnese took place, and the Ionians fled to Athens, having been driven out of Achaea. The Peloponnesians marched against Athens, to whom Codrus, son of Melanthus, gave himself up because of an oracle, and no longer were there kings, but archons for life were established for the Athenians. The 18th king of the Athenians was Medon, son of Codrus, who reigned for 20 years. He is the first of the so-called archons for life among the Athenians. The year of the world was 4432. The 19th of the Athenians, the 2nd archon, was Acastus, son of Medon, for 35 years. The year of the world was 4452. Under Acastus, the colonization of Ionia. And Homer is recorded to have lived among the Greeks, according to some; but according to others, a little earlier, and still others, later.

209 KINGS OF THE LACEDAEMONIANS The 1st king of the Lacedaemonians was Eurystheus

for 42 years. The year of the world was 4423. Eurystheus and Procles ruled Sparta. The 2nd king of the Lacedaemonians was Agis, who reigned for 1 year. The year of the world was 4465. The 3rd king of the Lacedaemonians was Echestratus, who reigned for 35 years. The year of the world was 4466. The 4th king of the Lacedaemonians was Labotes, who reigned for 37 years. The year of the world was 4501. The 5th king of the Lacedaemonians was Doryssus, who reigned for 29 years. The year of the world was 4538.

KINGS OF THE CORINTHIANS From Diodorus on the rule of the Corinthians

Since these matters have been clarified by us, it remains to speak of Corinthia and Sicyonia, in what manner they were settled by the Dorians. For nearly all the peoples throughout the Peloponnese, except the Arcadians, happened to be displaced during the return of the Heracleidae. The Heracleidae, therefore, in the division, having set aside Corinthia and its neighboring territory, sent for Aletes, handing over to him the aforesaid country. And having become a distinguished man and having increased Corinth, he reigned for 38 years. And after his death, the eldest of the descendants always reigned until the tyranny of Cypselus, which was 447 years after the return of the Heracleidae. And the first among them to succeed to the kingdom was Ixion for 38 years, after whom Agelas ruled for 37 years, and after them Prymnis for 35 years, and Bacchis likewise for the same time, becoming the most distinguished of those before him. For which reason it came to pass that those who reigned after this were no longer called Heracleidae, but Bacchidae

ΣΠΟΡΑ∆ΗΝ Ὁ τῶν Λυκίων ἀγὼν πρῶτος ἐτέθη. Ἡρακλειδῶν κάθοδος

Ὕλλου τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου παιδὸς Ἡρακλέους ἡγουμένου τῆς κατὰ Πελοποννησίων μάχης, ἥτις ἐπεκράτησεν ἱκανοῖς ἔτεσι μεταξὺ Πελοποννησίων καὶ τῶν Ἡρακλειδῶν. τότε Ῥόδος ἡ νῆσος οἰκίζεται παρὰ Λακεδαιμονίων, ὡς ∆έξιππος ἱστορεῖ, μετοικησάντων ἐκ Πε λοποννήσου διὰ τὴν τῶν Ἡρακλειδῶν ἐπίθεσιν. 208 Τότε καὶ ἡ τῶν Μυκηνῶν ἀρχὴ κατελύθη διαρκέσασα χρόνους ςʹ κατὰ τινάς, κατὰ δὲ ἄλλους ἥττονας. Ἀμαζόνες τῇ Ἀσίᾳ ἐπῆλθον ἅμα Κιμμερίοις. αὗται καὶ τὸ ἐν Ἐφέσῳ ἱερὸν προενέπρησαν.

ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣ Ἀθηναίων ιεʹ ἐβασίλευσε Θυμοίτης ἔτη θʹ, Ἀφείδαντος

ἀδελφός. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δτξεʹ. Ἐπὶ τούτου ἡ τῶν Ἐρεχθειδῶν βασιλεία κατελύθη παρὰ Ἀθηναίοις Ἀττικῶν λεγομένη, καὶ μετῆλθεν εἰς ἕτερον γένος. Θυμοίτην γὰρ προσ καλεσαμένου Ξάνθου τοῦ Βοιωτίου καὶ μὴ ὑπακούσαντος τοῦ Θυμοίτου, Μέλανθος Ἀνδροπόμπου Πύλιος ἀναδεξάμενος ἐμονομάχησε καὶ νικήσας ἐβασίλευσεν. ἔνθεν Ἀθήνησιν ἡ τῶν Ἀπατουρίων ἑορτὴ ἄγεται διὰ τὸ σὺν ἀπάτῃ γενέσθαι τὴν νίκην. Ἀθηναίων ιςʹ ἐβασίλευσε Μέλανθος Ἀνδροπόμπου Πύλιος ἔτη λζʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δτοδʹ. Ἀθηναίων ιζʹ ἐβασίλευσε Κόδρος Μελάνθου ἔτη καʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δυιαʹ. Ἐπὶ τούτου ἡ τῶν Ἡρακλειδῶν κάθοδος εἰς Πελοπόννησον γέγονεν, Ἴωνές τε εἰς Ἀθήνας κατέφυγον ἐκπεσόντες ἐξ Ἀχαΐας. Πελοποννήσιοι ἐστράτευσαν ἐπ' Ἀθήνας, οἷς ἑαυτὸν ἐξέδωκε διὰ χρη σμὸν Κόδρος Μελάνθου, καὶ οὐκέτι βασιλεῖς, ἄρχοντες δὲ διὰ βίου τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις καθίσταντο. Ἀθηναίων ιηʹ ἐβασίλευσε Μέδων Κόδρου ἔτη κʹ. οὗτος πρῶτός ἐστι τῶν διὰ βίου λεγομένων ἀρχόντων παρ' Ἀθηναίοις. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δυλβʹ. Ἀθηναίων ιθʹ ἄρχων βʹ Ἄκαστος Μέδοντος ἔτη λεʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δυνβʹ. Ἐπὶ Ἀκάστου Ἰώνων ἀποικία. καὶ Ὅμηρος ἱστορεῖται γεγονὼς παρ' Ἕλησιν, ὡς τινές, οἱ δὲ ὀλίγῳ πρότερον καὶ ἄλλοι ὕστερον.

209 ΛΑΚΕ∆ΑΙΜΟΝΙΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣ Λακεδαιμονίων αʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Εὐρυσθεὺς

ἔτη μβʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δυκγʹ. Εὐρυσθεὺς καὶ Προκλῆς Σπάρτης ἐκράτησαν. Λακεδαιμονίων βʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἆγις ἔτος αʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δυξεʹ. Λακεδαιμονίων γʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἐχέστρατος ἔτη λεʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δυξςʹ. Λακεδαιμονίων δʹ ἐβασίλευσε Λαβώτης ἔτη λζʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δφαʹ. Λακεδαιμονίων εʹ ἐβασίλευσε ∆όρυσθος ἔτη κθʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δφληʹ.

ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣ Ἐκ τῶν ∆ιοδώρου περὶ τῆς τῶν Κορινθίων ἀρχῆσ

Τούτων ἡμῖν διευκρινημένων λείπεται περὶ τῆς Κορινθίας καὶ Σικυωνίας εἰπεῖν ὃν τρόπον ὑπὸ ∆ωριέων κατῳκίσθησαν. τὰ γὰρ κατὰ τὴν Πελο πόννησον ἔθνη σχεδὸν πάντα, πλὴν Ἀρκάδων, ἀνάστατα συνέβη γενέσθαι κατὰ τὴν κάθοδον τῶν Ἡρακλειδῶν. Οἱ τοίνυν Ἡρακλεῖδαι κατὰ τὴν διαίρεσιν ἐξαίρετον ποιησάμενοι τὴν Κορινθίαν καὶ τὴν ταύτης πλησιόχωρον διεπέμψαντο πρὸς τὸν Ἀλήτην, παραδιδόντες αὐτῷ τὴν προειρημένην χώραν. ἐπιφανὴς δὲ ἀνὴρ γενόμενος καὶ τὴν Κόρινθον αὐξήσας ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη ληʹ. μετὰ δὲ τὴν τούτου τε λευτὴν ὁ πρεσβύτατος ἀεὶ τῶν ἐκγόνων ἐβασίλευσε μέχρι τῆς Κυψέλου τυραννίδος, ἥτις τῆς καθόδου τῶν Ἡρακλειδῶν ὑστερεῖ ἔτεσι υμζʹ. καὶ πρῶτος μὲν παρ' αὐτοῖς διεδέξατο τὴν βασιλείαν Ἰξίων ἔτη ληʹ, μεθ' ὃν ἦρξεν Ἀγέλας ἔτη λζʹ, μετὰ δὲ τούτους Πρύμνης ἔτη λεʹ, καὶ Βάκχις ὁμοίως τὸν ἴσον χρόνον γενόμενος ἐπιφανέστατος τῶν πρὸ αὐτοῦ. διὸ καὶ συνέβη τοὺς μετὰ ταῦτα βασιλεύσαντας οὐκέτι Ἡρακλείδας, ἀλλὰ Βακχίδας