THE DYNASTIES OF EGYPTIAN MONARCHS, ACCORDING TO MANETHO, ON THE AUTHORITY OF AFRICANUS AND EUSEBIUS. FIRST BOOK OF MANETHO. I. DYNASTY Of eight kings, either Thinites or Thebans. 1. Menes the Thinite.. 2. Athothis, his son, built the palace at Memphis, and wrote the anatomical books, being a physician. Yrs. 62 57 3. Cencenes (Kenkerres,) his son...... 31 4. Venephes (Enephes or Venepheres) his son, raised pyramids near the town of Cochone. A great plague in Egypt during his reign....... 23 5. Usaphaedus (Saphiados or Usaphaes) his son... 20 6. Miebidus (Niebis or Niebais) his son.... 26 7. Semempsis (Semenpses or Mempses) his son. raged in Egypt. A pestilence 18 8. Bienaches (Ubienthes or Bibethis) his son..... The sum is 263.* It will be observed, that there are some discrepancies in the number of years which some of the dynasties are said to have existed, and the sum total, when correctly cast. Where these occur, the proper sum is given in connexion with the original numbers. 26 Total 263 II. DYNASTY Of nine Thinite kings. Yrs. 1. Boethus 1. (or Bochus.) In his reign, the earth is said to have opened at Bubastis.... 2. Caeachos, (Chous or Cechous,) under whom the bulls Apis in Memphis, and Mnevis in Heliopolis, and the Mendesian goat, were appointed to be gods. 3. Binothris, (or Biophis,) under whom it was enacted that females might govern a nation.. 4. Tlas.... 5. Sethenes... { According to Eusebius, these three, and their four successors, did nothing worthy 6. Chæris...... (of remembrance, and he omits their names. 38 39 47 17 41 17 25 48 30 Total 302 7. Nephercheres. Fabulists reported the Nile to have flowed with honey during eleven days... 8. Sesochris.... 9. Cheneres (or Keneres.) Name omitted by Eusebius.... Eusebius gives 297 years. III. DYNASTY Of nine Memphite kings. 1. Necherophes, (Echerophes or Necherochis.) In his reign, the Libyans revolted from the Egyptians........... 2. Tosorthrus, (or Sesorthus.) He introduced the mode of building with hewn stone, and patronized literature... 5. Soyphis, (Sonphis or Zonphis.) after Sesorthus, but he omits 2. Suphis. Built the largest pyramid, ascribed by Herodotus to Yrs. 29 63 1. Othoes, (Othius, or Thoes,) killed by his guards.. 2. Phius.. 3. Methusuphis 4. Phiops (or Aphiops,) who began to reign at the age of six years.. 5. Menthesuphis........ 6. Nitocris. Built the third pyramid...... The sum is 197. Yrs. 30 53 7 94 1 12 Total 203 VII. DYNASTY Of 70 Memphite kings, who reigned 70 days; or, according to Eusebius five kings, who reigned 75 days or years. VIII. DYNASTY Of 27 Memphite kings, who reigned 156 years. Eusebius gives five kings, and 106 years. IX. DYNASTY Of 19 Heracleopolite kings, who reigned 409 years; or, according to Eusebius, four, who ruled 100 years. He The first was Achthos, (Acthros, Ochthovis or Ochitois.) was more cruel than his predecessors; and having perpetrated many crimes, he was seized with madness, and afterwards killed by a crocodile X. DYNASTY Of 19 Heracleopolite kings, who reigned 185 years. XI. DYNASTY Of 16 Diospolite kings, who reigned 43 years. Of these Ammenemes reigned 16 years. The whole of the above-mentioned kings is 192, and they reigned, according to these statements, during the space of 2,300 years and 70 days. This terminates Manetho's first book. SECOND BOOK OF MANETHO. XII. DYNASTY Of seven Diospolite kings. 1. Sesonchosis, (Geson-Goses, or Sesonchoris,) son of Amme nemes.... Yrs. ககக 2. Ammenemes, (or Ammanemes ;) he was slain by his eunuchs... 38 3. Sesostris 4. Lachares, (Labaris, Lamaris, or Lambares.) He built, it is said, the labyrinth in the Arsinoite nome as a tomb for himself....... 5. Ammeres (or Ameres) Eusebius omits the names of 6. Ammenemes... these three, and says the suc 7. Scemiophris (Skemio-cessors of Lambaris reigned 42 phris his sister..... years. According to Eusebius, 245 years. 8 Total 160 XIII. DYNASTY Of 60 Diospolite kings, who reigned 453 years XIV. DYNASTY Of 76 Xoite kings, who reigned 134 years. another reading gives 184. Eusebius says 484, and XV. DYNASTY Of the Shepherds. According to Eusebius, of Diospolitans, who reigned 250 years. These were six foreign Phenician kings, who took Memphis:— Yrs. 1. The first was Saites, from whom the Saite nome is said to have borrowed its name... 19 2. Beon, (Bion, Anon, or Byon).. 44 3. Pachnan, (or Apachnas). 4. Staan.... 5. Archles, (or Auchles). 61 50 49 6. Apophis, (or Aphobis) 61 Eusebius gives 250 years. Total 284 XVI. DYNASTY Of 32 Hellenic Shepherd kings, who reigned 518 years. Eusebius gives five Theban kings, who reigned 190 years. XVII. DYNASTY Of 43 Shepherd kings, and 43 Theban Diospolites. Eusebius introduces the Fifteenth Dynasty of Africanus, whom he calls Phenician Shepherds. |