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Ogyges the king (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Deluge 01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery 01.02 Human history 01.02.04 Deluge	Keywords Attica flood Ogygos
Period 6th century CE Byzantine Empire	Channel Byzantine philosophers and scholars

Text
Malalas, Chronicle 3.9:
In the time of Joshua, the son of Nun, a man of the tribe of Japheth, named Ogyges, an original inhabitant of the country, reigned over the land of Attica for 32 years. In his reign a great flood occurred and Ogyges and all the land were destroyed, as was every soul living in that land of Attica, but only there. From that time the land remained barren and uninhabited for 270 years, as is related in the writings of Africanus.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Malalas, Chronicle 3.9

Bibliography

Jeffreys, Jeffreys and Scott 1986, 30

Jeffreys, E., M. Jeffreys and R. Scott. The Chronicle of John Malalas. A Translation. Byzantina Australiensia 4. Melbourne: Australian Association for Byzantine Studies 1986.

Amar Annus

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