1.1 (ו.a.ii) Rotstein (2015)

Testimony In Stone (English) in: EuropeGreek

1. From the time Cecrops became king of Athens, hence the land formerly called Actica—from Actaeus, born from the earth—was called Cecropia, 1318 years (= 1581/0 BCE).
2. From the time Deucalion became king on Mount Parnassus in Lycorea, when Cecrops was king of Athens, 1310 years (= 1573/2 BCE).
3. From the time a trial occured in Athens between Ares and Poseidon over Halirrhothius, Poseidon’s son—hence the place was called Areopagos—1268 years (= 1531/0 BCE), when Cranaus was king of Athens.
4. From the time a flood (kataklysmos) occured in Deucalion’s days, and Deucalion escaped the waters from Lycorea to Athens towards, . . . and es[tablished] the t[e]mple of Zeus (?) . . . and made the sacrifices of deliverance, 1265 years (= 1528/7 BCE), when Cranaus was king of Athens.
5. From the time Amphictyon, son of Deucalion, became king in Thermopylae and gathered together those dwelling near the sanctuary—hence named them Amphictyons—and . . . where the Amphictyons still make sacrifices nowadays, 1258 years (= 1521/0 BCE), when Amphictyon was king of Athens.
6. From the time Hellen, son of Deuc[alion], became king of [Phthi]otis—hence they were named Hellenes, being formerly called Greeks—and the contest . . . , 1257 years (= 1520/19 BCE), when Amphictyon was king of Athens.

(ו.a.i) Greek(ו.a.ii) Rotstein (2015)(ו.a.iii) Robertson (1738)(ו.a.iv) Secondary sources

– Rotstein, Andrea, Literary History in the Parian Marble, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2015). https://chs.harvard.edu/read/rotstein-andrea-literary-history-in-the-parian-marble/

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