- ANF06. Fathers of the Third Century: Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius the Great, Julius Africanus, Anatolius, and Minor Writers, Methodius, Arnobius

XII.¹⁰⁹⁹

¹⁰⁹⁹ In the same, p. 148, al. 118, from the Third Book of the Chron. of Africanus.

From this record,¹¹⁰⁰

¹¹⁰⁰ συντάγματος.
therefore, we affirm that Ogygus,¹¹⁰¹

¹¹⁰¹ Others write Ogyges. Josephus (in Apionem), Euseb. (de Præpar.). Tatian [vol. ii. p. 81], Clemens [not so, vol. ii. p. 324], and others write Ogygus.
from whom the first flood (in Attica) derived its name,¹¹⁰²

¹¹⁰² The text is, ὃς τοῦ πρωτοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ γέγονεν ἑπώνυμος. The word ἑπώνυμος is susceptible of two meanings, either “taking the name from” or “giving the name to.” ᾽Ωγυγια κακα was a proverbial expression for primeval ills.
and who was saved when many perished, lived at the time of the exodus of the people from Egypt along with Moses.¹¹⁰³

¹¹⁰³ The text is here, κατὰ τὴν Αἴγυπτον τοῦ λαοῦ μετὰ Μωυσέως ἔξοδον γενέσθαι, for which we may read κατὰ τὴν ἑξ Αἱγυπτου, etc.
(After a break): And after Ogygus, on account of the vast destruction caused by the flood, the present land of Attica remained without a king till the time of Cecrops, 189 years.¹¹⁰⁴

¹¹⁰⁴ ῞Ωγυγον ᾽Ακταῖον ἢ τὰ πλασσόμενα τῶν ὀνομάτων. Compare xiii. 6, where we have τὸν γὰρ μετὰ ῞Ωγυγον ᾽Ακταῖον, etc.
Philochorus, however, affirms that Ogygus, Actæus, or whatever other fictitious name is adduced, never existed. (After another break): From Ogygus to Cyrus, as from Moses to his time, are 1235 years.
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