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Elisha came to Samaria and saved those who were about to perish. The son of Hadad besieged Samaria and Israel, so that those in the city wasted away with a severe famine and some women ate their own children. But Joram, the king of Israel, having declared that Elisha should be beheaded, receives a release from the famine, as the enemies fled in a divine panic and left behind everything necessary for life for Israel. Elisha, with Elijah, was known as a miracle-worker and prophet. Elisha sent and anointed Jehu as king of Israel. Jehu, the 9th, reigned over Israel for 28 years. And it was the year of the world 4610. In his time, a great famine and earthquake occurred throughout Judea. He killed Ahaziah and the sons of Ahab and Jezebel the Sidonian. Jehu, king of Israel, worshipped the golden calves that Jeroboam made in Bethel and in Dan, which is now called Paneas. Hazael, king of Syria, campaigning against him, killed many, according to the word of Elisha the prophet. Hazael, king of Syria, having plundered Israel, prepared to march against Joash and Jerusalem. But Joash, by sending him all the holy things and the gold, persuaded him to turn back.

KINGS OF THE EGYPTIANS Tarakes, the 77th, reigned over the Egyptians for 20 years. and it was

the year of the world 4756. Amasis, the 78th, reigned over the Egyptians for 38 years. and it was the year of the world 4776. 226 Stephinathes, the 79th, reigned over the Egyptians for 27 years. and it was the year of the world 4814. Nechepsos, the 80th, reigned over the Egyptians for 13 years. and it was the year of the world 4841.

KINGS OF THE LATINS Carmentos, the 12th, reigned over the Latins for 16 years. and it was

the year of the world 4651. Silvius, the 13th, reigned over the Latins for 18 years. and it was the year of the world 4667. Perkas Silvius, the 14th, reigned over the Latins for 32 years. In his time was the 1st Olympiad. and it was the year of the world 4685. Amulius Silvius, the 15th, reigned over the Latins for 23 years, and Numitor, as some think, for 2 years separately after Amulius, but some say with him. and it was the year of the world 4717. Romus and Romulus were born to Ares and Ilia, the daughter of Numitor, but according to some, 10 years earlier. They say that Romulus reigned over the Latins, descended from Aeneas, at the end of the 7th Olympiad, and that he founded Rome and renamed the city and the nation with his own name, Romans, those who were previously called Latins; but others say during the 6th Olympiad and others during the 8th, and to put it simply there has been much disagreement about both the time of its founding and its founders. For Cephalion the Gergesaian, a very ancient writer, says that the city was founded two generations after the capture of Troy by Romus, one of the four sons of Aeneas, and brother of Ascanius and Euryleon and Romulus, whom he says were born to Aeneas. And Demago- 227 ras and Agathymus and many others agree with Cephalion about this time and about Romus the builder of Rome and its founder, who according to Cephalion, was one of those saved from Ilium and the leader of the colony of Romus. But the one who compiled the priestesses in Argos says that Aeneas became the founder of Rome, having come from Molossia to Italy with Odysseus, and named it after Rome, one of the Trojan women with him who, along with the other Trojan women, burned the ships, being weary of the wandering. Damastes of Sigeum, along with others, agrees with this. But Aristotle, the great historian, says that some of the Achaeans, sailing back from Troy around Malea, were caught in a great storm by the winds and, wandering over much of the sea, came to a place of Opicia called Latium, situated on the Tyrrhenian sea, where, having drawn up their ships during the winter season, they were preparing for departure at the beginning of spring. But some captive women from

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Σαμάρειαν Ἑλισσαῖος ἐπιστὰς σῴζει μέλλοντας ἀπόλλυσθαι. Ὁ υἱὸς Ἄδερ τὴν Σαμάρειαν καὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐπολιόρκησεν, ὥστε λιμῷ τακῆναι σφοδρῷ τοὺς ἐν τῇ πόλει καί τινας γυναῖκας τὰ ἴδια τέκνα φαγεῖν. Ἰωρὰμ δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ ἀποτεμεῖν τὸν Ἑλισσαῖον ἀποφηνάμενοςλύσιν λαμβάνει τῆς λιμοῦ, θείᾳ φυγόντων ἐκστάσει τῶν πολεμίων καὶ πάντα καταλειψάντων τὰ πρὸς ζωὴν τῷ Ἰσραήλ. Ἑλισσαιὲ μετὰ Ἠλία θαυματουργὸς καὶ προφήτης ἐγνωρίζετο. Ἑλισσαιὲ τὸν Ἰηοὺ πέμψας ἔχρισε βασιλέα Ἰσραήλ. Τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ θʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἰηοὺ ἔτη κηʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δχιʹ. Ἐπὶ τούτου λιμὸς καὶ σεισμὸς μέγας κατὰ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ἐγένετο. Οὗτος ἀνεῖλε τὸν Ὀχοζίαν καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἀχαὰβ καὶ Ἰεζάβελ τὴν Σιδωνίαν. Ἰηοὺ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ προσεκύνει ταῖς χρυσαῖς δαμάλεσιν, ἃς ἐποίη σεν Ἱεροβωὰμ ἐν Βαιθὴλ καὶ ἐν ∆άν, τῇ νῦν Πανεάδι καλουμένῃ. Τούτῳ Ἀζαὴλ βασιλεὺς Συρίας ἐπιστρατεύσας ἀνεῖλε πλείστους κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα Ἑλισσαίου τοῦ προφήτου. Ἀζαὴλ βασιλεὺς Συρίας πορθήσας τὸν Ἰσραὴλ κατὰ τοῦ Ἰωὰς καὶ τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἡτοιμάζετο. τούτῳ δὲ ἀποστείλας πάντα τὰ ἅγια καὶ τὸ χρυ σίον Ἰωὰς ἔπεισεν ἀναστρέψαι.

ΑΙΓΥΠΤΙΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣ Αἰγυπτίων οζʹ ἐβασίλευσε Ταράκης ἔτη κʹ. τοῦ δὲ

κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δψνςʹ. Αἰγυπτίων οηʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀμαὴς ἔτη ληʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δψοςʹ. 226 Αἰγυπτίων οθʹ ἐβασίλευσε Στεφινάθης ἔτη κζʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δωιδʹ. Αἰγυπτίων πʹ ἐβασίλευσε Νεχεψὸς ἔτη ιγʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δωμαʹ.

ΛΑΤΙΝΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣ Λατίνων ιβʹ ἐβασίλευσε Κάρμεντος ἔτη ιςʹ. τοῦ δὲ

κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δχναʹ. Λατίνων ιγʹ ἐβασίλευσε Σιλούιος ἔτη ιηʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δχξζʹ. Λατίνων ιδʹ ἐβασίλευσε Περκὰς Σιλούιος ἔτη λβʹ. κατὰ τοῦτον ἡ αʹ ὀλυμπιάς. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δχπεʹ. Λατίνων ιεʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἄμουλος Σιλούιος ἔτη κγʹ καὶ Νομήτωρ, ὥς τισι δοκεῖ, ἔτη βʹ μετὰ Ἄμουλον ἰδίως, τινὲς δὲ σὺν αὐτῷ φασι. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δψιζʹ. Ῥῶμος καὶ Ῥωμύλος ἐγεννήθησαν Ἄρει καὶ Ἰλίᾳ τῇ Νομήτορος, κατὰδὲ τινὰς πρὸ ἐτῶν ιʹ. Ῥωμύλον φασὶ κατὰ τὸ τέλος τῆς ζʹ ὀλυμπιάδος βασιλεῦσαι τῶν Λα τίνων ἀπὸ Αἰνείου, Ῥώμην τε κτίσαι καὶ μετονομάσαι τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸ ἔθνος τῷ ἰδίῳ ὀνόματι Ῥωμαίους, τοὺς πρότερον λεγομένους Λατίνους· ἄλλοι δὲ κατὰ τὴν ςʹ ὀλυμπιάδα καὶ ἕτεροι κατὰ τὴν ηʹ φασί, καὶ ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν πολλὴ γέγονε διαφωνία περί τε τοῦ χρόνου τῆς κτίσεως αὐτῆς καὶ τῶν οἰκιστῶν. Κεφαλίων γὰρ ὁ Γεργησαῖος συγγραφεὺς πάνυ παλαιὸς μετὰ δευτέραν τῆς Τροίας ἁλώσεως γενεάν φησι τὴν πόλιν ἐκτίσθαι ὑπὸ Ῥώμου ἑνὸς τῶν Αἰνείου παίδων δʹ, ἀδελφοῦ δὲ Ἀσκανίου καὶ Εὐρυλέοντος καὶ Ῥωμύλου,οὕς φησι γεγενῆσθαι τῷ Αἰνείᾳ. συμφωνοῦσι δὲ τῷ Κεφαλίωνι ∆ημαγό 227 ρας τε καὶ Ἀγάθυμος καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοὶ περὶ τοῦ χρόνου τούτου καὶ Ῥώμου τοῦ κτιστοῦ Ῥώμης καὶ οἰκιστοῦ αὐτῆς, κατὰ τὸν Κεφαλίωνα, ἑνὸς αὐτοῦ πεφυκότος τῶν ἐξ Ἰλίου διασωθέντων καὶ ἡγεμόνος τῆς ἀποικίας Ῥώμου. Ὁ δὲ τὰς ἐν Ἄργει συναγαγὼν ἱερείας οἰκιστὴν γενέσθαι τῆς Ῥώμης φησὶ τὸν Αἰνείαν ἐκ Μολοττῶν εἰς Ἰταλίαν ἐλθόντα σὺν Ὀδυσσεῖ, καὶ ταύτην εἰς ὄνομα Ῥώμης μιᾶς τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ Ἰλιάδων ὀνομάσαι τῆς ἐμπρησάσης ἅμα ταῖς ἄλλαις Τρῳάσι τὰ σκάφη, βαρουμένης τῇ πλάνῃ. ὁμο λογεῖ δὲ σὺν ἄλλοις ταῦτα καὶ ∆αμαστὴς ὁ Σιγειεύς. Ἀριστοτέλης δὲ ὁ φιλοίστωρ τινὰς τῶν ἀπὸ Τροίας ἀναχθέντων Ἀχαιῶν περὶ τὸν Μάλεον πλέοντας χειμῶνι μεγάλῳ καταληφθῆναι ὑπὸ τῶν πνευ μάτων τε πλανωμένους πολλαχῆ τοῦ πελάγους εἰς τόπον τῆς Ὀπικῆς κα λούμενον Λάτιον ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ Τυρρηνικῷ πελάγει κείμενον, ἔνθα τὰς ναῦς ἀνελκύσαντες κατὰ χειμερινὴν ὥραν παρεσκευάζοντο πρὸς τὴν ἄπαρ σιν ἔαρος ἀρχῇ. γυναῖκες δέ τινες αἰχμαλωτίδες ἐξ