19. Acastus, the son of Medon, for 36 years.
- In his reign occurred the migration of the Ionians, (187) including Homer, so they say.
At the same time, Solomon built the temple at Jerusalem, as will be shown in due course.
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20. Archippus, the son of Acastus, for 19 years.
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21. Thersippus, the son of Archippus, for 41 years.
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22. Phorbas, the son of Thersippus, for 30 years.
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23. Megacles, the son of Phorbas, for 30 years.
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24. Diognetus, the son of Megacles, for 28 years.
At this time, Lycurgus was in his prime.
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25. Pherecles, the son of Diognetus, for 19 years.
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26. Ariphron, the son of Pherecles, for 20 years.
At this time, the kingdom of the Assyrians came to an end, and Sardanapallus was killed.
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27. Thespieus, the son of Ariphron, for 27 years.
At this time, Lycurgus established laws for the Spartans.
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28. Agamestor, the son of Thespieus, for 17 years.
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29. Aeschylus, the son of Agamestor, for 23 years.
In his twelfth year, the first Olympiad was held, in which Coroebus won the stadion contest.
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The total duration of the Athenian rulers, from Cecrops down to the first Olympiad [776 B.C.], was 780 years; from Ogygus to the first Olympiad, there were 970 years.
From this time onwards, it is convenient to calculate dates according to the Olympiads.
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30. After Aeschylus, Alcmaeon ruled the Athenians, for 2 years.
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(189) After Alcmaeon, the Athenians decided to appoint archons for ten years each:
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Charops, for ten years.
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Aesimides, for ten years.
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Cleidicus, for ten years.
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Hippomenes, for ten years.
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Leocrates, for ten years.
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Apsander, for ten years.
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Eryxias, for ten years.
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After this, they decided to appoint archons for one year each.
The first annual archon was Creon, in the 24th Olympiad [684-681 B.C.].
From that time onwards, an archon was appointed for each year; but it is not necessary to list their names.
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This concludes the summary of the dates of the ancient rulers of the Athenians, as related by the older and more reliable historians.
We have set down the dates and events before the capture of Troy, which are not reliably recorded, as well as we can from the different accounts.
Nor are the events from the capture of Troy until the first Olympiad accurately recorded.
However Porphyrius, in the first book of his Philosophical History, gives a summary in the following words:
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"Apollodorus says that there are 80 years from the capture of Troy [1183 B.C.] until the expedition of the Heracleidae to the Peloponnese [1103 B.C.]; there are 60 years from the return of the Heracleidae until the settling of Ionia [1043 B.C.]; there are 159 years from then until Lycurgus [884 B.C.]; and there are 108 years from Lycurgus until the first Olympiad [776 B.C.].
Altogether, there are 407 years from the capture of Troy until the first Olympiad.”
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Next, it will be fitting to give an account of the Olympiads as they are recorded by the Greeks.
