Miscellanies 1.21.137
Summary: The chronology of Greek legend from Perseus to the first Olympiad.
Greek text · Stählin 2:85
ἐντεῦθεν δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν Περσέως στρατείαν, ὅτε καὶ Γλαῦκος ἐπὶ Μελικέρτῃ τὰ Ἴσθμια ἔθηκεν, ἔτη πεντεκαίδεκα. ἀπὸ δὲ Περσέως στρατείας ἐπὶ Ἰλίου κτίσιν ἔτη τριάκοντα τέσσαρα. ἐντεῦθεν ἐπὶ τὸν ἔκπλουν τῆς Ἀργοῦς ἔτη ἐξήκοντα τέσσαρα. ἐκ τούτου ἐπὶ Θησέα καὶ Μινώταυρον ἔτη τριάκοντα δύο, εἶτα ἐπὶ τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβαις ἔτη δέκα, ἐπὶ δὲ τὸν Ὀλυμπίασιν ἀγῶνα, ὃν Ἡρακλῆς ἔθηκεν ἐπὶ Πέλοπι, ἔτη τρία, εἴς τε τὴν Ἀμαζόνων εἰς Ἀθήνας στρατείαν καὶ τὴν Ἑλένης ὑπὸ Θησέως ἁρπαγὴν ἔτη ἐννέα. ἐντεῦθεν ἐπὶ Ἡρακλέους ἀποθέωσιν ἔτη ἕνδεκα, εἶτα ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλένης ὑπὸ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἁρπαγὴν ἔτη τέσσαρα. εἶτα ἐπὶ τὴν Τροίας ἅλωσιν ἔτη εἴκοσι. ἀπὸ δὲ Τροίας ἁλώσεως ἐπὶ τὴν Αἰνείου κάθοδον καὶ κτίσιν Λαουινίου ἔτη δέκα, ἐπί τε τὴν Ἀσκανίου ἀρχὴν ἔτη ὀκτώ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν Ἡρακλειδῶν κάθοδον ἔτη ἐξήκοντα ἕν, ἐπί τε τὴν Ἰφίτου ὀλυμπιάδα ἔτη τριακόσια τριάκοντα ὀκτώ.
English · Claude translation
From then to the expedition of Perseus, when Glaucus founded the Isthmian games in honor of Melicertes, fifteen years. From the expedition of Perseus to the founding of Ilium, thirty-four years. From then to the sailing of the Argo, sixty-four years. From this to Theseus and the Minotaur, thirty-two years; then to the Seven against Thebes, ten years; to the Olympic contest, which Heracles founded in honor of Pelops, three years; to the expedition of the Amazons against Athens and the rape of Helen by Theseus, nine years. From then to the deification of Heracles, eleven years; then to the rape of Helen by Alexander, four years; then to the capture of Troy, twenty years. From the capture of Troy to the return of Aeneas and the founding of Lavinium, ten years; to the rule of Ascanius, eight years; to the return of the Heraclidae, sixty-one years; and to the Olympiad of Iphitus, three hundred and thirty-eight years.
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Clement of Alexandria, Strom. 1.21.137 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-stromata/1/21/137/).
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Clement of Alexandria, Strom. 1.21.137 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-stromata/1/21/137/).
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