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The List of antediluvian kings (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) King lists 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.11 Historiography 05.11.02 Historiographic texts 05.11.02.03 King lists Seven antediluvian kings 01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery 01.02 Human history 01.02.03 Antediluvian age 01.02.03.01 Seven antediluvian kings	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

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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.

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Alexander Polyhistor (FGrHist 273)
Berossus, Babyloniaca F3
Synkellos, Chronographia 18

Bibliography

Adler and Tuffin 2002, 24	Adler, 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, 49	Verbrugghe, 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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