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Eusebius: Chronica
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The kings of the Argives 
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1. Inachus, for 50 years.  The country was called Inachia, after this Inachus.  He began to rule the Argives at the time of Thurimachus, who was the seventh king of the Sicyonians. 
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2. Phoroneus, for 60 years.  In his reign, Ogygus founded Eleusis. 
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3. Apis, for 35 years.  The country was then called Apia, after this Apis.  During his reign, Joseph governed the Egyptians, as recorded by the Hebrews. 
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4. Argus, the son of Zeus and Niobe, for 70 years.  The name of the country was changed to Argeia, after this Argus. 
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5. Criasus, for 54 years. 
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6. Phorbas, for 35 years.  During his reign, Cecrops Diphyes became king of the Athenians. 
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7. (179) Triopas, for 46 years.  During his reign, Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt. 
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8. Crotopus, for 21 years. 
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9. Sthenelus, for 11 years.  In all, these kings reigned for 382 years.  Danaus drove out Sthenelus, and ruled Argos, as did his descendants after him.  The succession of kings, and their dates, are as follows. 
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10. Danaus, for 50 years. 
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11. Lynceus, for 41 years. 
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12. Abas, for 23 years. 
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13. Proetus, for 17 years. 
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14. Acrisius, for 31 years. 
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In all, there were rulers of Argos for a period of 544 years, until the end of Danaidae. 
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After Acrisius, the Argives began to be ruled from Mycenae, when the descendants of Pelops took over the kingdom, in the time of Eurystheus the son of Sthenelus.  Pelops was the first ruler of the Peloponnese, and he organised the Olympic games. 
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After Acrisius, when the Argives began to be ruled from Mycenae: 
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Eurystheus was king for 45 years. 
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Then the sons of Pelops, Atreus and Thyestes, for 65 years. 
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After them, Agamemnon, for 30 years.  In the 18th year of his reign, Troy was captured. 
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Aegisthus, for 17 years. 
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Orestes, Tisamenus, Penthilus and Cometes for 58 years, until the return of the Heracleidae, when they conquered the Peloponnese.  From the return of the Heracleidae until the migration of the Ionians, there are (?) 60 years.  From the migration of the Ionians until the first Olympiad [776 B.C.], there are 267 years. 
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Next it will be fitting to provide a list of the kings of Athenians, by summarising the accounts of some of the ancient historians. 
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- Ogygus is said to have been the first [king] of the Athenians; (181) the Greeks relate that their great ancient flood happened in his reign.  Phoroneus the son of Inachus, king of the Argives, is said to have lived at the same time.  Plato mentions this in the Timaeus [ 22 ], as follows: “When he wished to introduce them to ancient history, so that they could discuss the antiquity of this city, he started his account with the old stories about Phoroneus and Niobe, and then what happened after the flood.” Ogygus lived in the time of Messapus, the ninth king of Sicyon, and Belochus, the eighth king of the Assyrians. 
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After Ogygus, because of the great destruction caused by the flood, Attica remained without a king for 190 years, until the time of Cecrops.  The number of years is reckoned from the kings of the Argives, who began before Ogygus.  From the end of the reign of Phoroneus, king of the Argives, in whose time Ogygus' flood is said to have happened, until Phorbas, in whose time Cecrops became king of Attica, is a period of 190 years.  From Cecrops until the first Olympiad, there are counted seventeen kings, and twelve archons for life; in this time, the marvellous myths of the Greeks are said to have occurred.  The Greeks count the kings of Attica from [Cecrops], because they do not know for certain the dates of any earlier kings.  Castor explained this in the summary of this history, as follows. 
 
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