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The List of antediluvian kings (1)

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Keywords
antediluvian age
Berossus
kings
lists
Period
3rd century BCE
1st century BCE
9th century CE
Byzantine Empire
Hellenistic Empires
Roman Empire
Channel
Byzantine philosophers and scholars
Hellenistic philosophers and scholars
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars


Text
Synkellos, Chronographia 18 (Alexander Polyhistor (FGrHist 273), Berossus, Babyloniaca F3):
1. Aloros, 10 saroi
2. Ala(s)paros, 3 saroi
3. Amelon, 13 saroi
4. Am(m)enon, 12 saroi
5. Amegalaros/ Metalaros, 18 saroi
6. Daonos, 10 saroi
7. Euedora(n)chos, 18 saroi
8. Amempsinos/ Amphis, 10 saroi
9. Otiartes, 8 saroi
10. Xisouthros, 18 saroi
In all ten kings, 120 saroi, 120 saroi ought to equal 430,000 years, if a saros is equal to 3600 years.


Sources (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
Alexander Polyhistor (FGrHist 273)
Berossus, Babyloniaca F3
Synkellos, Chronographia 18

Bibliography

Adler and Tuffin 2002, 24Adler, W. and P. Tuffin. The Chronography of George Synkellos. A Byzantine Chronicle of Universal History from the Creation translated with introduction and notes. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Verbrugghe and Wickersham 2000, 49Verbrugghe, Gerald P. and John M. Wickersham. Berossos and Manetho. Introduced and Translated. Native Traditions in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press 2000.

Amar Annus


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