The Extant Fragments of the Five Books of the…
III.—The Extant Fragments of the Five Books of the Chronography of Julius Africanus.
And after the flood, Sem begot Arphaxad.
In the year of the world 3277, Abraham entered the promised land of Canaan.
From this record, therefore, we affirm that Ogygus, After a break After another break
On the Seventy Weeks of Daniel.
On the Circumstances Connected with Our Saviour’s Passion and His Life-Giving Resurrection.
XII.21 In the same, p. 148, al. 118, from the Third Book of the Chron. of Africanus.
From this record,22 συντάγματος. therefore, we affirm that Ogygus,23 Others write Ogyges. Josephus (in Apionem), Euseb. (de Præpar.). Tatian [vol. ii. p. 81], Clemens [not so, vol. ii. p. 324], and others write Ogygus. from whom the first flood (in Attica) derived its name,24 The text is, ὃς τοῦ πρωτοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ γέγονεν ἑπώνυμος. The word ἑπώνυμος is susceptible of two meanings, either “taking the name from” or “giving the name to.” ᾽Ωγυγια κακα was a proverbial expression for primeval ills. and who was saved when many perished, lived at the time of the exodus of the people from Egypt along with Moses.25 The text is here, κατὰ τὴν Αἴγυπτον τοῦ λαοῦ μετὰ Μωυσέως ἔξοδον γενέσθαι, for which we may read κατὰ τὴν ἑξ Αἱγυπτου, etc. (After a break): And after Ogygus, on account of the vast destruction caused by the flood, the present land of Attica remained without a king till the time of Cecrops, 189 years.26 ῞Ωγυγον ᾽Ακταῖον ἢ τὰ πλασσόμενα τῶν ὀνομάτων. Compare xiii. 6, where we have τὸν γὰρ μετὰ ῞Ωγυγον ᾽Ακταῖον, etc. Philochorus, however, affirms that Ogygus, Actæus, or whatever other fictitious name is adduced, never existed. (After another break): From Ogygus to Cyrus, as from Moses to his time, are 1235 years.