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 Isaac Newton
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daughter of _Erechtheus_ marries _Xuthus_ the son of _Hellen_. _Erechtheus_
having first celebrated the _Panathenæa_ joins horses to a chariot. _Ãgina_, the daughter of _Asopus_, and mother of _Ãacus_, born. 1030. _Ceres_ a woman of _Sicily_, in seeking her daughter who was stolen, comes into _Attica_, and there teaches the _Greeks_ to sow corn; for which Benefaction she was Deified after death. She first taught the Art to _Triptolemus_ the young son of _Celeus_ King of _Eleusis_. 1028. _Oenotrus_ the youngest son of _Lycaon_, the _Janus_ of the _Latines_, led the first Colony of _Greeks_ into _Italy_, and there taught them to build houses. _Perseus_ born. 1020. _Arcas_, the son of _Callisto_ and grandson of _Lycaon_, and _Eumelus_ the first King of _Achaia_, receive bread-corn from _Triptolemus_. 1019. _Solomon_ Reigns, and marries the daughter of _Ammon_, and by means of this affinity is supplied with horses from _Egypt_; and his merchants also bring horses from thence for all the Kings of the _Hittites_ and _Syrians_: for horses came originally from _Libya_; and thence _Neptune_ was called _Equestris_. _Tantalus_ King of _Phrygia_ steals _Ganimede_ the son of _Tros_ King of _Troas_. 1017. _Solomon_ by the assistance of the _Tyrians_ and _Aradians_, who had mariners among them acquainted with the _Red Sea_, sets out a fleet upon that sea. Those assistants build new cities in the _Persian Gulph_, called _Tyre_ and _Aradus_. 1015. The Temple of _Solomon_ is founded. _Minos_ Reigns in _Crete_ |
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