TitleThe chronology of ancient kingdoms amended ... / By Sir Isaac NewtonContributorNewton, Isaac, 1642-1727PublisherLondon : Printed for J. Tonson, J. Osborn, and T. Longman; and sold by Messieurs Smith and Bruce, DublinDescriptionThe Greek Antiquities are full of Poetical Fictions, because the Greeks wrote nothing in Prose, before the Conquest of Asia by Cyrus the Perisan, Then Pherecydes Scyrius and Cadmus Milesius introduced the writing in Prose. Pherecydes Atheniensis, about the end of he Reign of Darius Hystsaspis, wrote of Antiquities, and digested his work by Genealogies, and was reckoned one of the best Genealogers. Epimenides the Historian proceeded also by Genalogies ; and Hellanicus, who was twelve years older than Herodotus, digested his History by the Ages of Successions of the Priestess of Juno Argiva [...]LanguageEnglish
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