Thallus on Belus (1)

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Theophilus of Antioch, Ad Autolycum 3.29:
In fact, Thallus mentioned Belus, who reigned over the Assyrians, and the Titan Kronos, and said that with the Titans Belus waged war against Zeus and the so-called gods on his side. Then he says: ‘and Ogygos in defeat fled to Tartessus (= Tartaros?); the country which Ogygos then ruled was at that time named Akte, and is now called Attica.’ We do not consider it necessary to list the other lands and cities and the persons from whom they received their names … But it is obvious that Moses proves to be more ancient than all writers … and Kronos and Belus and the Trojan war; for according to the history of Thallus, Belus antedated the Trojan war by 322 years, while we have already shown that Moses antedates the capture of Troy by 900 or 1000 years.

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Thallus 2
Theophilus of Antioch, Ad Autolycum 3.29

Amar Annus

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