The chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. To which is prefix'd, a short chronicle from the first memory of things in Europe, to the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great / By Sir Isaac Newton.

  • Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
Date:
1728
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Credit: The chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. To which is prefix'd, a short chronicle from the first memory of things in Europe, to the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great / By Sir Isaac Newton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / 28 A Short Chronicle. Kingdom of Mycenae. Menejlheus,' the great grandfon of Erechtheus, Reigns at Athens. 915. Thefeus is {lain* being call down from a rock. 5)24. Hyllus invading Peloponnefus is flain by Echemus. 919. Atreus dies. Agamemnon Reigns. In the abfence of Menelaus, who went to look after what his father Atreus had left to him, Paris heals Helena. 5> 1 8. The fecond war againh Thebes. 91 2. Thoas, King of Cyprus and part of Phoe¬ nicia dies; and for making armour for the Kings of Egypt, is Deified with a fumptuous Temple at Memphis by the name of Baal Canaan, Vulcan. This Temple was (aid to be built by Menes, the firh King of Egypt who reigned next after the Gods, that is, by Menoph or Amenophis who reigned next after the death of Ojiris, Ijis, Orus, Bubajle and Thoth. The city Memphis was al(o (aid to be built by Meneshe began to build it when he fortified it againh Ofarfiphus. And from him it. was called Menoph, Moph, Noph, &c ; and is to this day called Menuf by the Arabians. And therefore Menes who built the city and temple Was Menoph or Amenophis. The Priehs of Egypt at length made this temple above a thousand 4 years>