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Chron.%10 &3Haec quidem Berosus &3in primo libro narravit, secundo autem reges sin-&3gillatim recensuit. &3Et regum &3quidem nomina diligenter acervat, nullum tamen &3eorum opus peculiariter recitat, fortasse quia nihil &3memorandum esse arbitratur. Ex eo igitur regum &3tantummodo seriem depromere licet. Hac vero ra-&3tione narrationem exorditur, ut Apollodorus &3ait: nempe primum extitisse regem Alorum &3ex urbe Babylone Chaldaeum: hunc saris decem &3regno potitum. Porro is sarum ex annis ter mille &3sexcentis conflat. Addit etiam nescio quem nerum &3et sossum: nerum ait sexcentis annis constare, &3sossum annis sexaginta. Sic ille de veterum more &3annos supputat. @&3His dictis, pergit porro, regesque Assyriorum &3singillatim atque ex ordine enumerat, decem vide-&3licet ab Aloro primo rege usque ad Xisuthrum, &3sub quo magnum ullud primumque diluvium conti-&3gisse ait, quod Moses quoque commemorat. Jam &3summam temporum, quibus hi reges imperitave-&3runt, ait esse saros centum viginti, nempe quadra-&3ginta tres annorum myriades annosque bis mille. &3Tum et disertis verbis ita scribit: Defuncto, in-&3quit, Aloro, regnavit ejus filius Alaparus saris &3tribus. Post Alaparum Almelon &3ex urbe Pantibiblis Chaldaeus saris tredecim. &3Almeloni successit Ammenon item ex Pantibiblis &3Chaldaeus saris duodecim. Hujus aetate bellua quae-&3dam, cui nomen Idotioni, &3e Rubro mari emersit, forma &3ex homine et pisce mixta. Hinc Amegalarus &3Pantibiblicus octodecim saris regnavit. Deinde &3pastor Davonus Pantibiblicus, qui et ipse saris de-&3cem regno potitus est. Hoc imperante, rursus e &3Rubro mari emerserunt, eadem hominis itemque &3piscis figura, monstra quattuor. Postea regnavit &3Edoranchus Pantibiblicus saris octodecim. Eo tem-&3pore item apparuit e Rubro mari aliud quiddam &3simile piscis et hominis, cui nomen Odaconi. Hos &3inquit omnes ea, quae ab Oanne summatim dicta &3erant, accurate exposuisse. Exin imperavisse Amem-&3phsinum e Lancharis Chaldaeum saris decem. &3Tum regnum teniusse Otiartem e Lancharis Chal-&3daeum saris octo. Defuncto denique Otiarte, &3filium ejus Xisuthrum rexisse imperium saris octo-&3decim: sub eoque evenisse magnum diluvium. Con-&3flatur igitur summa decem regum et sarorum cen-&3tum viginti. Haec est porro regum series: &I. &3Alorus saris X. &II. &3Alaparus saris III. &III. &3Almelon saris XIII. &IV. &3Ammenon saris XII. &V. &3Amegalarus saris XVIII. &VI. &3Davonus saris X. &VII. &3Edoranchus saris XVIII. &VIII. &3Amemphsinus saris X. &IX. &3Otiartes saris VIII. &X. &3Xisuthrus saris XVIII. @&3Summa, reges decem, sari centum viginti. 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[1&`3$]1 *TO\N D' OU) PARAKOU/SANTA NAUPHGH=SAI SKA/FOS TO\ ME\N MH=KOS STADI/WN PE/NTE, TO\ DE\ PLA/TOS STADI/WN DU/O: TA\ DE\ SUNTAXQE/NTA PA/NTA SUNQE/-SQAI, KAI\ GUNAI=KA KAI\ TE/KNA KAI\ TOU\S A)NAGKAI/OUS FI/-LOUS E)MBIBA/SAI. @&`4$. *GENOME/NOU DE\ TOU= KATAKLUSMOU= KAI\ EU)QE/WS LH/-CANTOS, TW=N O)RNE/WN TINA\ TO\N *CI/SOUQRON A)FIE/NAI. *TA\ DE\ OU) TROFH\N EU(RO/NTA OU)/TE TO/PON O(/POU KAQI/SAI, PA/LIN E)L-QEI=N EI)S TO\ PLOI=ON. *TO\N DE\ *CI/SOUQRON PA/LIN META/ TINAS H(ME/RAS A)FIE/NAI TA\ O)/RNEA: TAU=TA DE\ PA/LIN EI)S TH\N NAU=N E)LQEI=N TOU\S PO/DAS PEPHLWME/NOUS E)/XONTA. *TO\ DE\ TRI/TON A)FEQE/NTA OU)K E)/TI E)LQEI=N EI)S TO\ PLOI=ON. *TO\N DE\ *CI/SOUQRON E)NNOHQH=NAI GH=N A)NAPEFHNE/NAI, DIELQO/NTA TE TW=N TOU= PLOI/OU R(AFW=N ME/ROS TI KAI\ I)DO/NTA PROSOKEI=LAN TO\ PLOI=ON O)/REI TINI\ E)KBH=NAI META\ TH=S GUNAIKO\S KAI\ TH=S QUGATRO\S KAI\ TOU= KUBERNH/TOU PROSKUNH/SANTA TH\N GH=N KAI\ BWMO\N I(DRUSA/MENON KAI\ QUSIA/SANTA TOI=S QEOI=S GENE/-SQAI META\ TW=N E)KBA/NTWN TOU= PLOI/OU A)FANH= [1&`5$]1 *TOU\S DE\ U(POMEI/NANTAS E)N TW=| PLOI/W|, MH\ EI)SPOREUOME/NWN TW=N PERI\ TO\N *CI/SOUQRON, E)KBA/NTAS ZHTEI=N AU)TO\N E)PI\ O)NO/MATOS BOW=NTAS: TO\N DE\ *CI/SOUQRON AU)TO\N ME\N AU)TOI=S OU)K E)/TI O)FQH=NAI, FWNH\N DE\ E)K TOU= A)E/ROS GENE/SQAI KELEU/OUSAN W(S DE/ON AU)TOU\S EI)=NAI QEOSEBEI=S: KAI\ GA\R AU)TO\N DIA\ TH\N EU)SE/BEIAN POREU/ESQAI META\ TW=N QEW=N OI)KH/SONTA. *TH=S DE\ AU)TH=S TIMH=S KAI\ TH\N GUNAI=KA AU)TOU= KAI\ TH\N QUGATE/RA KAI\ TO\N KUBERNH/THN METESXHKE/NAI. [1&`6$]1 *EI)=PE/ TE AU)TOI=S O(/TI E)LEU/SONTAI PA/LIN EI)S *BABULW=NA, KAI\ W(S EI(/MARTAI AU)TOI=S E)K *SISPA/RWN A)NELOME/NOIS TA\ GRA/MMATA DIADOU=NAI TOI=S A)NQRW/POIS, KAI\ O(/TI EI)SI\N O(/POU H( XW/RA *)ARMENI/AS E)STI/. *TOU\S DE\ A)KOU/SANTAS TAU=TA QU=SAI/ TE TOI=S QEOI=S KAI\ PE/RIC POREUQH=NAI EI)S *BABULW=NA. @1 [1&`7$]1 *TOU= DE\ PLOI/OU TOU/TOU KATAKLIQE/NTOS E)N TH=| *)ARMENI/A| E)/TI ME/ROS TI E)N TOI=S *KORDUAI/WN O)/RESI TH=S *)ARMENI/AS DIAME/NEIN, KAI/ TINAS A)PO\ TOU= PLOI/OU KOMI/ZEIN A)POCU/ON-TAS A)/SFALTON, XRA=SQAI DE\ AU)TH=| PRO\S TOU\S A)POTROPIA-SMOU/S. *)ELQO/NTAS OU)=N TOU/TOUS EI)S *BABULW=NA TA/ TE E)K *SISPA/RWN GRA/MMATA A)NORU/CAI KAI\ PO/LEIS POLLA\S KTI/-ZONTAS KAI\ I(ERA\ A)NIDRUSAME/NOUS PA/LIN E)PIKTI/SAI TH\N *BABULW=NA."6 @*TOU/TWN DH\ A)PO\ *)ALECA/NDROU TOU= *POLUI/+STOROS, W(S A)PO\ *BHRW/SSOU TOU= TA\ *XALDAI+KA\ YEUDHGOROU=NTOS PROKEIME/-NWN KTL. @&Josephus Ant. Jud. I, 7, 2$%10 *MNHMONEU/EI DE\ TOU= PATRO\S H(MW=N *)ABRA/MOU *BHRWSSO\S OU)K O)NOMA/ZWN, LE/GWN DE\ OU(/TWS: "6*META\ TO\N KATAKLUSMO\N DEKA/TH| GENEA=|, PARA\ *XALDAI/OIS TIS H)=N DI/KAIOS A)NH\R KAI\ ME/GAS KAI\ TA\ OU)RA/NIA E)/MPEIROS."6 @&Moses Chorenens. Hist. Arm. I, c. 5%10 &3Mihi &3vero libitum est narrationis meae initium ordiri &3e dilecta mea ceterisque veraciore Sibylla Bero-&3siana, quae haec dicit: "6Ante turrim ac priusquam &3generis humani sermo multiplex factus est et va-&3rius, post Xisuthri autem in Armeniam navigatio-&3nem, Zerovanus, Titan ac Japetosthes principa-&3tum terrae tenuere. [1Qui mihi videntur esse Semus, &3Chamus et Japhetus.]1 Hi, ut tradit, quum orbis &3totius imperium inter se partiti essent, superbia &3accensis ceteros ambobus dominari voluit Zerova-&3nus, quem hic Zoroastrem Magnum, Bactrianorum &3regem, fuisse dicit, qui fuit Medorum principium &3ac deorum pater; aliaque multa de eo fabulatur, &3quae nunc repetere instituto nostro alienum est. Ita-&3que Zerovano, ut refert, vim afferenti Titan Iape-&3tosthesque restiterunt, belloque cum eo contenderunt, &3propterea quod filios suos reges omnibus constituere &3cogitabat. Quam inter concertationem occupavit &3Titan partem aliquam ex hereditariis Zerovani &3finibus. Tum vero interponens se soror eorum Astli-&3cia suis delinimentis tumultum sedavit, interque &3eos conveniebat, ut imperium Zerovanus haberet. &3Jurejurando autem inter se paciscuntur, sese omnem &3deinceps Zerovani stirpem virilem interfecturos, ut &3ne proles ejus ipsis imperaret; ad eamque rem stre-&3nuos quosdam ex Titanibus viros mulierum partibus &3praeficiunt. Qui quum ad jurisjurandi pactionem &3necassent duos, soror eorum Astlicia cum Zerovani &3uxoribus consilium init, quibusdam de Titanibus &3persuadendi, ut ceteros pueros conservarent atque &3in Orientem asportarent ad montem quendam quem &3Deorum Conjectum appellarunt, qui nunc Olympus &3vocatur."6$ @&Syncell.$%10 *)ALECA/NDROU TOU= *POLUI/+STOROS PERI\ TH=S PURGOPOII/AS: "6*SI/BULLA DE/ FHSIN, O(MOFW/NWN O)/NTWN PA/NTWN A)NQRW/PWN, TINA\S TOU/TWN PU/RGON U(PERME-GE/QH OI)KODOMH=SAI, O(/PWS EI)S TO\N OU)RANO\N A)NABW=SI. *TOU= DE\ QEOU= A)NE/MOUS E)MFUSH/SANTOS A)NATRE/YAI AU)TOU\S, KAI\ @1 I)DI/AN E(KA/STW| FWNH\N DOU=NAI, DIO\ DH\ *BABULW=NA TH\N PO/LIN KLHQH=NAI: META\ DE\ TO\N KATAKLUSMO\N *TITA=NA KAI\ *PROMHQE/A GENE/SQAI."6 *KAI\ TA\ ME\N TH=S PURGOPOII/AS *)ALE/CANDROS TAU=TA MARTURW=N KAI\ AU)TO\S *BABULW=NA DIA\ TH\N SU/GXUSIN KLHQH=NAI TH\N PRO\ POLLW=N MURIA/DWN E)TW=N MUQOLOGOUME/NHN PAR' AU)TOI=S BEBASILEUKE/NAI. @&Eusebius Arm.%10 @&3Alexandri Polyhistoris de turris aedificio. @&3Sibylla ait omens homines una lingua utentes &3turrim illam celsissimam extruxisse, ut in coelum &3conscenderent: Deum vero fortissimum vento afflato &3eandem turrim dejecisse, peculiaremque singulis &3sermonem tribuisse, ideoque et urbem Babylonem &3esse appellatam. Mox post diluvium Titanum atque &3Prometheum exstitisse: tum etiam a Titano bello &3Saturnum esse appetitum. De turris aedificio hac-&3tenus.$ @&Eusebius%10 &3Praedictis autem haec &3addit idem Polyhistor: "6Post diluvium imperitasse &3regioni Chaldaeorum Evexium ne-&3ris quattuor: inde imperium exceptum a filio ejus &3Chomasbelo neris quattuor cum sossis quinque."6 A &3Xisuthro et a diluvio, donec Medi Babylonem oc-&3cuparunt, summam regum sex supra octoginta &3supputat Polyhistor, singulosque nominatim e Be-&3rosi libro recenset. Ex horum autem omnium aeta-&3tibus tres myriades annorum conficit, praetereaque &3annos ter mille et unum supra nonaginta. Post &3hos qui successione inconcussa regnum obtinuerant, &3derepente Medos collectis copiis Babylonem cepisse &3ait, ibique de suis tyrannos constituisse. Hinc no-&3mina quoque tyrannorum Medorum edisserit octo, &3annosque eorum viginti quattuor supra ducentos ac &3rursus undecim reges et annos: &3tum et &3Chaldaeos reges quadraginta novem, annosque &3quadringentos et octo supra quinquaginta. Postea &3et Arabes novem reges, annosque ducentos qua-&3draginta quinque. Horum annorum recensione &3perscripta, de Samiramide quoque narrat quae &3imperavit Assyriis. Rursumque distincte admo-&3dum nomina regum quadraginta quinque enumerat, &3iisque annos tribuit viginti sex supra quingentos. &3Post hos ait exstitisse Chaldaeorum regem, cui no-&3men Phulus erat: quem Hebraeorum quoque hi-&3storia memorat, quemque item Phulum appellat. &3Hic Judaeam invasisse dicitur. Deinde Polyhistor &3Senecheribum regno potitum esse ait: quem quidem &3Hebraeorum libri regnantem referunt imperante Eze-&3chia et prophetante Isaia. Ait autem diserte divinus &3liber: "6Anno quartdecimo &3Ezechiae regis ascendisse Senecheribum ad urbes &3Judaeae munitas, easque cepisse."6 Cujus rei peracta &3historia, subdit: "6Et regnavit Asordanes filius &3ejus pro eo."6 Rursusque pergens, ea &3tempestate ait aegrotasse Ezechiam. Tum &3etiam ordinatim eodem tempore Marudachum Bal-&3danem Babyloniorum regem misisse oratores cum &3literis et muneribus ad Ezechiam. Haec &3tradunt Hebraeorum scripturae. Et quidem Seneche-&3ribum, cum cujus filio Asordane nec non Marudacho &3Baldane, Chaldaeorum quoque historiographus &3memorat: cum quibus etiam Nabuchodonosorum, &3uti mox dicetur. Hac autem ratione de iis scribit.$ @1 @&Syncell.$%10 *)APO\ DE\ *NABONASA/ROU TOU\S XRO/-NOUS TH=S TW=N A)STE/RWN KINH/SEWS *XALDAI=OI H)KRI/BWSAN, KAI\ A)PO\ *XALDAI/WN OI( PAR' *(/ELLHSI MAQHMATIKOI\ LA-BO/NTES, E)PEIDH\, W(S O( *)ALE/CANDROS KAI\ *BH/RWSSO/S FASIN OI( TA\S *XALDAI+KA\S A)RXAIOLOGI/AS PERIEILHFO/TES, *NABO-NA/SAROS SUNAGAGW\N TA\S PRA/CEIS TW=N PRO\ AU)TOU= BASI-LE/WN H)FA/NISEN, O(/PWS A)P' AU)TOU= H( KATARI/QMHSIS GI/NETAI TW=N *XALDAI/WN BASILE/WN. @&Eusebius Arm.%10 @&3Ejusdem Alexandri de Senecheribo deque Na-&3buchonosoro eorumque rebus gestis et strenuis fa-&3cinoribus. @&3Postquam regno defunctus est Senecheribi frater, &3et post Hagisae in Babylonios dominationem, qui &3quidem non expleto trigesimo die a Marudacho &3Baldane interemptus est, &3Marudachus ipse Baldanes &3tyrannidem invasit mensibus sex, donec eum sustulit &3vir quidam nomine Elibus, qui et in regnum suc-&3cessit. Hoc postremo tertium jam annnum regnante, &3Senecheribus rex Assyriorum copias adversus Ba-&3bylonios contrahebat, proelioque cum iis conserto, &3superior evadebat: captumque Elibum cum familia-&3ribus ejus in Assyriam transferri jubebat. Is igi-&3tur Babyloniorum potitus filium suum Asordanem &3eis regem imponebat; ipse &3autem in Assyriam reditum maturabat. Mox quum &3ad ejus aures rumor esset perlatus, Graecos in Ci-&3liciam coactis copiis bellum transtulisse, eos pro-&3tinus aggressus est, proelioque inito, multis suorum &3amissis, hostes nihilominus profligavit: suamque &3imaginem, ut esset victoriae monumentum, eo loco &3erectam reliquit: cui Chaldaicis literis res a se ge-&3stas insculpi mandavit ad memoriam temporum &3sempiternam. Tarsum quoque urbem ab eo stru-&3ctam ait ad Babylonis exemplar, eidemque nomen &3inditum Tharsin. Jam et reliquis Senecherimi& [1sic]1 &3gestis perscriptis, subdit eum annis vixisse regnan-&3tem octodecim, donec ei structis a filio Ardu-&3muzane insidiis exstinctus est. Haec Polyhistor. @&3Jam etiam tempora cum narratione divino-&3rum librorum congruunt. Sub Ezechia enim Sene-&3cherimus regnavit, uti Polyhistor innuit annis octo-&3decim: post quem ejusdem filius annis octo: tum &3annis viginti et uno Sammughes: itemque frater hu-&3jus viginti et uno: deinde Nabupalassarus &3annis viginti: denique Nabucodros-&3sorus tribus annis supra quadraginta: ita ut a &3Senecherimo ad Nabucodrossorum octoginta et octo &3anni excurrant. Jam si quis Habraeorum libros @1 &3scrutetur, paria dictis inveniet. Namque post Eze-&3chiam residuis Judaeis Manasses imperat Ezechiae &3filius quinque annis et quinquaginta, &3deinde Amosus &3annis duodecim: tum Josias triginta annis &3et uno: postea Joachimus, sub cujus regni primor-&3diis occupaturus Hierosolyma Nabuchodonosorus su-&3pervenit, captivosque Judaeos Babylonem transtulit. &3Atqui ab Ezechia ad Nabuchodonoso-&3rum anni octo excurrunt et octoginta, quot nimi-&3rum Polyhistor ex historia Chaldaica supputavit. @&3His omnibus absolutis, pergit denuo Poly-&3histor res aliquot etiam a Senecheribo gestas ex-&3ponere, deque hujus filio eadem plane ratione &3scribit qua libri Hebraeorum, accurateque admo-&3dum cuncta edisserit. Pythagoras sapiens fertur ea &3tempestate sub his regibus exstitisse. &3Jam post Sammughem imperavit Chaldaeis &3Sardanapallus viginti annis et uno. %2%2 Is ad As-&3dahagen qui erat Medicae &3gentis praeses et satrapa, copias auxiliares misit, &3videlicet ut filio suo Nabucodrossoro desponderet &3Amuhiam e filiabus Asdahagis unam. Deinde &3Nabucodrossorus dominatus est tribus annis supra &3quadraginta, qui et collecto exercitu impressionem &3faciens, Judaeos, Phoenices et Syros in servitutem &3redegit. Neque sane opus est me pluribus confirmare &3Polyhistorem item in his cum hebraica historia con-&3gruere. Post Nabucodrossorum regnat ejus filius &3Amilmarudochus annis duodecim, &3quem Hebraeorum literae Ilmarudochum appellant. &3Mox Polyhistor ait imperavisse Chaldaeis Negli-&3sarum annis quattuor: deinde Nabonedum annis se-&3ptemdecim. Eo rege Cyrus Cambysis Babylonicam re-&3gionem copiis invasit, quicum Nabonedus certamine &3inito, victus se fuga proripuit. Regnavit autem Ba-&3bylone Cyrus annis novem, donec in planitie Daha-&3rum alio proelio consero periit. Tum imperium tenuit &3Cambyses annis octo: deinde Darius annis sex et &3triginta: deinde Xerxes ceterique Persarum reges. @&3Jam vero de Chaldaeorum regno uti breviter dis-&3tincteque tractat Berosus, ita prorsus loquitur et &3Polyhistor: ex quibus manifestum est, Nabucho-&3donosorum armata manu cepisse Judaeos. Ab hoc &3autem ad Cyrum Persarum regem anni septuaginta &3conflantur.$ @&Josephus Ant. Jud. X, 2, 2$%10 *MNHMONEU/EI DE\ TOU= *BABULWNI/WN BASILE/WS *BABA/DA *BH- @1RWSSO/S. ᭱{1&E LIBRO TERTIO.$}1 @&Josephus C. Apion. I, 19$%10 *LE/CW DE\ NU=N H)/DH TA\ PARA\ *XALDAI/OIS A)NAGEGRAMME/NA KAI\ I(STOROU/MENA PERI\ H(MW=N, A(/PER E)/XEI POLLH\N O(MOLOGI/AN KAI\ PERI\ TW=N A)/LLWN TOI=S H(METE/ROIS GRA/MMASI. *MA/RTUS DE\ TOU/TWN *BHRWSSO\S, A)NH\R *XALDAI=OS ME\N TO\ GE/NOS, GNW/RIMOS DE\ TOI=S PERI\ PAIDEI/AN A)NASTREFOME/NOIS, E)PEIDH\ PERI/ TE A)STRONOMI/AS KAI\ PERI\ TW=N PARA\ *XALDAI/OIS FILOSOFOUME/NWN AU)TO\S EI)S TOU\S *(/ELLHNAS E)CH/NEGKE TA\S SUGGRAFA/S. *OU(=TOS TOI/NUN O( *BHRWSSO\S TAI=S A)RXAIOTA/TAIS E)PAKOLOUQW=N A)NAGRAFAI=S PERI/ TE TOU= GENOME/NOU KATAKLUSMOU= KAI\ TH=S E)N AU)TW=| FQORA=S TW=N A)NQRW/PWN, KAQA/PER *MWU+SH=S OU(/TWS I(STO/RHKE: KAI\ PERI\ TH=S LA/RNAKOS, E)N H(=| *NW=XOS O( TOU= GE/NOUS H(MW=N A)RXHGO\S DIESW/QH, PROSENEXQEI/SHS AU)TH=S TAI=S A)KRWREI/AIS TW=N *)ARMENI/WN O)RW=N. *EI)=TA TOU\S A)PO\ *NW/XOU KATALE/GWN KAI\ TOU\S XRO/NOUS AU)TOI=S PROSTI-QEI\S, E)PI\ *NABOPALA/SSARON PARAGI/NETAI, TO\N *BABULW=-NOS KAI\ *XALDAI/WN BASILE/A, KAI\ TA\S TOU/TOU PRA/CEIS A)FHGOU/MENOS LE/GEI, TI/NA TRO/PON PE/MYAS E)PI\ TH\N *AI)/-GUPTON KAI\ E)PI\ TH\N H(METE/RAN GH=N TO\N UI(O\N TO\N E(AUTOU= *NABOUXODONO/SORON META\ POLLH=S DUNA/MEWS, E)PEIDH/PER A)FESTW=TAS AU)TOU\S E)PU/QETO, PA/NTWN E)KRA/THSE, KAI\ TO\N NAO\N E)NE/PRHSE TO\N E)N *(IEROSOLU/MOIS, O(/LWS TE PA/NTA TO\N PAR' H(MW=N LAO\N A)NASTH/SAS EI)S *BABULW=NA METW/|KI-SEN. *SUNE/BH DE\ KAI\ TH\N PO/LIN E)RHMWQH=NAI XRO/NON E)TW=N E(BDOMH/KONTA ME/XRI *KU/ROU TOU= *PERSW=N BASILE/WS. *KRATH=SAI DE/ FHSI TO\N *BABULW/NION *AI)GU/PTOU, *SURI/AS, *FOINI/KHS, *)ARABI/AS, PA/NTAS DE\ U(PERBALO/MENON TAI=S PRA/CESI TOU\S PRO\ AU)TOU= *XALDAI/WN KAI\ *BABULWNI/WN BEBASILEUKO/TAS. *EI)=Q' E(CH=S U(POKATABA\S O)LI/GON O( *BH-RWSSO\S PA/LIN PARATI/QETAI E)N TH=| TH=S A)RXAIO/THTOS I(STO-RIOGRAFI/A|: AU)TA\ DE\ PARAQH/SOMAI TA\ TOU= *BHRWSSOU= TOU=TON E)/XONTA TO\N TRO/PON. @&Ant. Jud. 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Strom. I$%10 *)EN DE\ TW=| DWDE-KA/TW| E)/TEI TH=S *SEDEKI/OU BASILEI/AS, *NABOUXODONO/SOR, PRO\ TH=S *PERSW=N H(GEMONI/AS E)/TESIN E(BDOMH/KONTA, E)PI\ *FOI/NIKAS KAI\ *)IOUDAI/OUS E)STRA/TEUSEN, W(/S FHSI *BH/RWS-SOS E)N TAI=S *XALDAI+KAI=S I(STORI/AIS: *)IO/BAS DE\ PERI\ *)ASSU-RI/WN GRA/FWN, O(MOLOGEI= TH\N I(STORI/AN PARA\ *BHRW/SSOU EI)LHFE/NAI MARTURW=N TH\N A)LH/QEIAN TA)NDRI/. @&Theophilus Antioch. Ad Autolyc. III$%10 *(/OTI DE\ PERI\ W(=N FAMEN XRO/NWN SUNA/|DEI KAI\ *BH/RWSOS, O( PARA\ *XALDAI/OIS FILOSOFH/SAS KAI\ MHNU/SAS *(/ELLHSIN TA\ *XALDAI+KA\ GRA/MMATA, O(\S A)KOLOU/QWS TINA\ EI)/RHKE TW=| *MWUSEI= PERI/ TE KATAKLUSMOU= KAI\ E(TE/RWN POLLW=N E)CISTORW=N. *)/ETI MH\N KAI\ TOI=S PROFH/TAIS *(IEREMI/A| KAI\ *DANIH\L SU/MFWNA E)K ME/ROUS EI)/RHKE, TA\ GA\R [1&l$ GE]1 SUMBA/NTA TOI=S *)IOUDAI/OIS U(PO\ TOU= BASILE/WS *BABULW-NI/WN, O(\N AU)TO\S O)NOMA/ZEI *)ABOBA/SSARON, KE/KLHTAI DE\ PARA\ *(EBRAI/OIS *NABOUXODONO/SOR. *ME/MNHTAI KAI\ PERI\ TOU= NAOU= E)N *(IEROSOLU/MOIS, W(S H)RHMW=SQAI U(PO\ TOU= *XAL-DAI/WN BASILE/WS, KAI\ O(/TI *KU/ROU TO\ DEU/TERON E)/TOS BA-SILEU/SANTOS TOU= NAOU= TW=N QEMELI/WN TEQE/NTWN, *DAREI/OU PA/LIN BASILEU/SANTOS TO\ DEU/TERON E)/TOS O( NAO\S E)PETELE/SQH. @&Clemens Alex. Protr. I, 5$%10 *)AGA/L-MATA ME\N QEW=N OU) CU/LA KAI\ LI/QOUS U(PEILH/FASIN W(/SPER *(/ELLHNES, OU)DE\ MH\N I)/BIDAS KAI\ I)XNEU/MONAS, KAQA/PER @1 *AI)GU/PTIOI, A)LLA\ PU=R TE KAI\ U(/DWR, W(S FILO/SOFOI. *META\ POLLA\S ME/NTOI U(/STERON PERIO/DOUS E)TW=N A)NQRWPOEIDH= A)GA/LMATA SE/BEIN AU)TOU\S *BH/RWSSOS E)N TRI/TH| *XALDAI+-KW=N PARI/STHSI, TOU=TO *)ARTACE/RCOU TOU= *DAREI/OU TOU= *)/WXOU EI)SHGHSAME/NOU, O(\S PRW=TOS TH=S *)AFRODI/THS *)ANAI/+-TIDOS TO\ A)/GALMA A)NASTH/SAS E)N *BABULW=NI KAI\ *SOU/SOIS KAI\ *)EKBATA/NOIS, *PE/RSAIS KAI\ *BA/KTROIS KAI\ *DAMASKW=| KAI\ *SA/RDESIN U(PE/DEICE SE/BEIN. @&Hesych.$%10 *SARAXH/RW, PARA\ *BHRWSSW=| H( KOSMH/-TRIA TH=S *(/HRAS. {1&FRAGMENTA QUAE AD ASTRONOMIAM ET ASTROLOGIAM SPECTANT.$}1 @&Vitruvius IX, 1%10 &3Berosus, qui, a Chaldaeo-&3rum civitate sive natione progressus, in Asia etiam &3disciplinam patefecit, ita est professus,& [1lunam]1 &3 pi-&3lam esse ex dimidia parte candentem, reliqua ha-&3bere caerulio colore. Quum autem cursum itineris &3sui peragens subiret orbem solis, tunc eam radiis &3et impetu caloris corripi, convertique candentem &3propter ejus propietatem luminis ad lumen. Quum &3autem ea evocata ad solis orbes superiora spectet, &3tunc inferiorem partem ejus, quod candens non &3sit, propter aeris similitudinem obscuram videri. &3Quum ad perpendiculum exstet, ad ejus radios to-&3tum lumen ad superiorem speciem retineri et tunc &3eam vocari primam. Quum praeteriens vadit ad &3orientis coeli partes, relaxari ab impetu solis, ex-&3tremamque ejus partem candentiae oppido quam &3tenui linea ad terram mittere splendorem, et ita &3ex eo eam secundam vocari. Quotidiana autem &3verationis remissione tertiam, quartam in dies nu-&3merari. Septimo die sol quum sit ad occidentem, &3luna autem inter orientem et occidentem medias &3coeli teneat regiones, quod dimidia parte coeli spa-&3tio distet a sole, item dimidiam candentiae conver-&3sam habere ad terram. Inter solem vero et lunam &3quum distet totum mundi spatium, et luna orientis &3orbem solis retrospiciens quum transit ad occiden-&3tem eam quod longius absit a radiis remissam, &3quarta decima die plena rota totius orbis mittere &3splendorem, reliquosque dies decrescentia quoti-&3diana ad perfectionem lunaris mensis, versationi-&3bus et cursu, a sole revocationibus subire totam, &3radiosque ejus etiam menstruas dierum dfficere ra-&3tiones.$ @&Stobaeus Eclog. Phys.$%10 *BHRWS-SO\S H(MIPU/RWTON SFAI=RAN TH\N SELH/NHN [1EI)=NAI/ FHSIN]1. @&Id. ibid.$%10 *BHRWSSO\S I)/DION AU)TH\N [1TH\N SE-LH/NHN]1 E)/XEIN FW=S. @&Plutarch. De placit. phil. II, 29$%10 *BHRWSSO\S KATA\ TH\N PRO\S H(MA=S E)PISTROFH\N TOU= A)PU-RW/TOU ME/ROUS. @1 @&Vitruvius IX, 6%10 &3Hemicyclium excavatum &3ex quadrato ad inclimaque succisum Berosus Chal-&3daeus dicitur invenisse, scaphen sive hemisphaerium &3Aristarchus Samius.$ @&Seneca Nat. Qu. III, 29%10 &3Quidam existimant &3terram quoque concuti, et dirupto solo nova flumi-&3num capita detegere, quae amplius ut e pleno pro-&3fundant. Berosus, qui Belum interpretatus est, ait &3cursu ista siderum fieri, et adeo quidem id affir-&3mat, ut conflagrationi atque diluvio tempora as-&3signet. Arsura enim terrena contendit, quando &3omnia sidera, quae nunc diversos agunt cursus, in &3cancrum convenerint, sic sub eodem posita vestigio, &3ut recta linea exire per orbes omium possit; inun-&3dationem futuram, quum eadem siderum turba in &3capricornum convenerit. Illic solstitium, hic bruma &3conficitur; magnae potentiae signa, quando in ipsa &3mutatione anni momenta sunt.$ @&Plinius H. N. VII, s. 57%10 &3Epigenes apud Ba-&3bylonios DCCXX annorum observationes siderum &3coctilibus laterculis inscriptas docet, gravis auctor &3inprimis; qui minimum Berosus et Critodemus &3CCCCLXXX& [1alii CCCCXC]1 &3annorum. Ex quo &3apparet aeternum literarum usum.$ @&Idem VII, 50%10 &3Epigenes centum duodecim an-&3nos impleri negavit posse; Berosus excedi centum &3septemdecim.$ @&Censorin. De die nat. c. 17%10 &3Epigenes in cen-&3tum duodecim annis longissimam vitam constituit, &3Berosus in centum sedecim.$ @&Vitruvius IX, 4%10 &3Cetera ex astrologia, quos &3effectus habeant signa duodecim, stellae quinque, &3sol, luna ad humanae vitae rationem, Chaldaeorum &3ratiocinationibus est concedendum, quod propria est &3eorum genethliologiae ratio, ut possint ante facta &3et futura ex ratiocinationibus astrorum explicare. &3Eorum autem inventiones, quas scriptis relique-&3runt, qua solertia quibusque acuminibus et quam &3magni fuerint, qui ab ipsa natione Chaldaeorum &3profluxerunt, ostendunt. Primusque Berosus in &3insula et civitate Co consedit, ibique aperuit disci-&3plinam. Postea studens Antipater itemque Achina-&3polus, qui etiam non e nascentia, sed ex conce-&3ptione genethliologiae rationes explicatas reliquit.$ @&Plinius H. N. VII, 37%10 &3Variarum artium scien-&3tiae innumerabiles enituere, quas tamen attingi par &3sit florem hominum libantibus. Astrologia Bero-&3sus, cui ob divinas praedictiones Athenienses pu-&3blice in Gymnasio statuam inaurata lingua sta-&3tuere.$ @1