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and Diomedes of Tydeus. If we go into another branch of Jupiter's family, we shall find the accounts much the same. Arcas was the son of Jupiter, born of Callistho daughter of Lycaon." Arcas succeeded Nyctimus the eldest son of Lycaon in the kingdom of Arcadia. * Azanas son of Arcas succeeded him. y Clitor son of Azanas succeeded his father." Epitus a nephew of Azanas succeeded Clitor, and Aleus another nephew succeeded Epitus; at Aleus' death his son Lycurgus had the crown, and at his death he left it to Echemus. Agapenor grandson of Lycurgus succeeded Echemus, and led the Arcadians to Troy. Thus from Nyctimus who may be supposed to be coætaneus with Jupiter, to Agapenor are nine succescessions; and, connting Clitor, Ipitus, and Aleus, who were brothers' children, to be in the same line of descent, at least seven generations. In Laconia we find Lacedæmon king of that country was son of Jupiter and Taygete daughter of Atlas. Amyclas the Bext king was his son; Argalus succeeded his father Amyclas; and Cynortas Argalus; and Cynortas left

Apollod. book vi, lib. 1, c. 7.

Hyg. fab. 155, Apollod, Biblio. lib. 3, c. 8. Pausan.

f Hygin. Fab. 155. Apollod. Bibl. lib. 3, c. 10. Pausan.

in. Laconic. c. 1.

Id. ibid.

g Pausan ibid.

i Id. ibid.

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his crown to Ebalus. When Ebalus died, Hippocoon got possession of the throne, and for a time defeated Tyndareus the son of Ebalus; but after some years Tyndareus ejected him," and recovered the kingdom. Tyndareus had two sons, Castor and Pollux," but they both died before him. He married his daughter Helen to Menelaus the son of Atreus, and at his death Menelaus succceded him in his kingdom. Thus from Lacedæmon the son of Jupiter to Helen and Menelaus, for whom the Greeks warred at Troy, are eight reigns and seven descents; or eight descents from Jupiter, Again, Dardanus king of Troy was son of Jupiter and Electra, daughter of Atlas, Erichthonius of Dardanus,' Tros of Erichthonius, Ilus of Tros," Laomedon of Ilus,* Priamus of Laomedon. Priamus was an old man when the Greeks warred against him; his son Hector was then in his full strength, and about the age of the Greek commanders, and from Jupiter to Hector are eight descents. We might examine the accounts we have of other families, and in all, of whom we have sufficient remains, we should find Jupiter about eight or nine

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' Id. ibid. lib. 3, c. 11. Diodor. Sic. Hist lib. 5, p. 223.

Hom. II. 7. v. 215.

Diodor. lib. 4, p. 192. Hom. Il, v. v. 219.

t Diodor. ubi sup. Hom. "Diodor. Hom. ibid.

II. 7. 230.

* Id. ibid.

Id, ibid.

generations before the Trojan war.. Successions in families vary enough to cause this difference of a descent or two; but we have no genealogies that will allow us to place him later than the time of Moses; for Moses lived from A. M. 2433 to A.M. 2550.* Take the middle of his life A. M. 2493, from thence to the war at Troy are about three hundred years, supposing Troy to have been taken about A. M. 2796;" and if we count eight or nine descents in this space of time, we go between thirty and forty years to a descent, and the generations we have examined being for the most part by the elder sons, this may pretty well agree with the length of such generations in these times.

As what I have offered does abundantly hint, that Jupiter lived about the age of Moses; so the particulars of his life do further confirm it, and may perhaps enable us to settle more exactly the time when he flourised. 1. For Jupiter visited Lycaon king of Arcadia, and had a son named Arcas born of Callistho, Lycaon's daughter. Now Lycaon was contemporary, and of about the same years with the elder Cecrops. Cecrops reigned in Attica from A. M. 2423 to A. M. 2473. Lycaon was advanced towards old age when

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See vol. ii. book 9. Deut. xxxiv. 7.

Id. ibid. book 8.

Ilygin. Fab. 176. Apoll. Bib. lib. 3, c. 8.

Id. ibid. Pausan. in Arcadic. c. 3, 4.

Δοκω δε εγωγε Κεκροπι ηλικίαν τω βασιλευσαν. Αθηναίων και Λυκαονί είναι την αυτήν.

Pausan. in Arcad. c. 2.

Jupiter visited him; for his children were all grown up, and of age to build cities and govern nations.f Jupiter therefore visited him about the end of the the life of Cecrops; and not earlier than the fortieth year of Moses' age. But we may fix this matter with still greater certainty. Lycaon died by the hand of Jupiter, at his death Nyctimus his eldest son had his crown, Nyctimus was made king of Arcadia just upon the time of Deucalian's flood; and the ancients supposed, that flood had happened A. M. 2476;* so that about this year Jupiter was in Arcadia, namely, three years after the death of Cecrops, and in the fortythird year of Moses. Jupiter was undoubtedly of years of wisdom, authority, and experience of the world, when he transacted the affairs of Lycaon's kingdom; and to this agrees, 2. What we further find from the marble, that Mars the son of Jupiter was tried at Athens for the death of Halirrothius the son of Neptune, A. M. 2473; so that before Jupiter's expedition to Arcadia, his sons were grown up and engaged in the world, 3. Epaphus was son of Jupiter, born of Io."' Here indeed some of the genealogists make a mistake; for they suppose Io to be the daughter of Inachus ; which would argue that Jupiter had lived three hun

f Vid. Pausan. in Arcad. c. 3.

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Pausan. ubi sup. Apollod. ibid.

Apol. ubi sup.

i Νυκτίμε δε βασιλείαν παραλαβοντος ὁ ἐπι Δευκαλίωνος και

TAXλVOμOS EYEVETO. Apollod. ubi sup.

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Marmor. Arundell. Ep. 4.

123

Hygin. Fab. 155. Apollod. lib. ii, c. 1.

1 Id. Ep. 3.

dred years earlier than the times we are treating of, for Inachus reigned at Argos about A. M. 2154." But Apollodorus has observed and corrected this error; who remarks, that Io the mother of Epaphus was not daughter of Inachus, but of Jasus. Jasus the father of Io, was son to Triopas king of Argos; so that lo was Triopas' grand-daughter. Triopas was the sixth king of Argos from Inachus; for Apis ought not to be inserted amongst the Argive kings.

Now if we count the number of years from the first year of Inachus to the last year of Triopas, we shall find them to amount to three hundred and fifteen. Compute then three hundred and fifteen years from A. M. 2154 the first year of Inachus, and we come down to A. M. 2469, in which year Triopas died. If Tripos lived to see his grand-daughter matched to Jupiter, as certainly he well might; then Io might marry him about seven or eight years before Jupiter's expedition into Arcadia; or if she was not grown up until some years after her gradfather's death, yet Jupiter's acquaintance with her proves very well his living in these times. 4. Minos is said to have been the son of Jupiter, born of Europa daughter of Agenor. This, I am sensible is a false account of Minos, and therefore though it

See vol. ii. b. vi,

Apollodor. Bib. lib. 2, c. 1.

▸ Pausan. in Corinthiac. c. 16.

Castor. in Euseb. Chron.

• Vid. Castor. in Chronic. Euseb.

* See vol. ii. b. 8.

Apollod. Biblioth. lib. 3, c. 1. Hygin. Fab. 155.

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