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οἱ δ᾽ ἱερεῖς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων τὸν χρόνον ἀπὸ τῆς Ἡλίου βασιλείας συλλογιζόμενοι μέχρι τῆς Ἀλεξάνδρου διαβάσεως εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν φασὶν ὑπάρχειν ἐτῶν μάλιστά πως δισμυρίων καὶ τρισχιλίων. [2] μυθολογοῦσι δὲ καὶ τῶν θεῶν τοὺς μὲν ἀρχαιοτάτους βασιλεῦσαι πλείω τῶν χιλίων καὶ διακοσίων ἐτῶν, τοὺς δὲ μεταγενεστέρους οὐκ ἐλάττω τῶν τριακοσίων. [3] ἀπίστου δ᾽ ὄντος τοῦ πλήθους τῶν ἐτῶν, ἐπιχειροῦσί τινες λέγειν ὅτι τὸ παλαιόν, οὔπω τῆς περὶ τὸν ἥλιον κινήσεως ἐπεγνωσμένης, συνέβαινε κατὰ τὴν τῆς σελήνης περίοδον ἄγεσθαι τὸν ἐνιαυτόν. [4] διόπερ τῶν ἐτῶν τριακονθημέρων ὄντων οὐκ ἀδύνατον εἶναι βεβιωκέναι τινὰς ἔτη χίλια καὶ διακόσια: καὶ γὰρ νῦν δωδεκαμήνων ὄντων τῶν ἐνιαυτῶν οὐκ ὀλίγους ὑπὲρ ἑκατὸν ἔτη ζῆν. [5] παραπλήσια δὲ λέγουσι καὶ περὶ τῶν τριακόσια ἔτη δοκούντων ἄρξαι: κατ᾽ ἐκείνους γὰρ τοὺς χρόνους τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν ἀπαρτίζεσθαι τέτταρσι μησὶ τοῖς γινομένοις κατὰ τὰς ἑκάστων τῶν χρόνων ὥρας, οἷον ἔαρος, θέρους, χειμῶνος: ἀφ᾽ ἧς αἰτίας καὶ παρ᾽ ἐνίοις τῶν Ἑλλήνων τοὺς ἐνιαυτοὺς ὥρους καλεῖσθαι [p. 42] καὶ τὰς κατ᾽ ἔτος ἀναγραφὰς ὡρογραφίας προσαγορεύεσθαι. [6] οἱ δ᾽ οὖν Αἰγύπτιοι μυθολογοῦσι κατὰ τὴν Ἴσιδος ἡλικίαν γεγονέναι τινὰς πολυσωμάτους τοὺς ὑπὸ μὲν τῶν Ἑλλήνων ὀνομαζομένους γίγαντας, ὑφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν δὲ διακοσμουμένους τερατωδῶς ἐπὶ τῶν ἱερῶν καὶ τυπτομένους ὑπὸ τῶν περὶ τὸν Ὄσιριν. [7] ἔνιοι μὲν οὖν αὐτοὺς γηγενεῖς φασιν ὑπάρξαι, προσφάτου τῆς τῶν ζῴων γενέσεως ἐκ τῆς γῆς ὑπαρχούσης, ἔνιοι δὲ λέγουσι σώματος ῥώμῃ διενεγκόντας καὶ πολλὰς ἐπιτελεσαμένους ἀπὸ τοῦ συμβεβηκότος μυθολογηθῆναι πολυσωμάτους. [8] συμφωνεῖται δὲ παρὰ τοῖς πλείστοις ὅτι τοῖς περὶ τὸν Δία καὶ τὸν Ὄσιριν θεοῖς πόλεμον ἐνστησάμενοι πάντες ἀνῃρέ- θησαν.
Diodori Bibliotheca Historica, Vol 1-2. Diodorus Siculus. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Keyboarding.
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