URUK LIST OF KINGS AND SAGES
Origin/Historian/Author: Seleucid, ca 300 BCE. Source: University of the Pacific, Alan Lenzi, 2008 Full Text Below During the reign of Ayalu, the king, Adapa was sage. During the reign of …
Classical Era Lit
Classical Era Literature (ca 800 BCE – ca 500 CE)
ABYDENUS – ON THE WORKS OF BEROSSUS
Origin/Historian/Author: Berossus Source: Ancient Fragments, I.P. Cory Full Text Below So much concerning the wisdom of the Chaldeans. It is said that the first king of the country was Alorus, …
APOLLODORUS – ON BEROSSUS
Origin/Historian/Author: Berossus Source: Ancient Fragments, I.P. Cory Full Text Below This is the history which Berosus has transmitted to us. He tells us that the first king was Alorus of …
EUSEBIUS – ON THE WORKS OF BEROSSUS – PRIMITIVE REVELATION AND THE EARLY KINGS
Origin/Historian/Author: Eusebius Source: Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament, Robert William Rogers Introduction: Our only source of information concerning these Babylonian myths and legends is Berossus, a Babylonian priest under …
CICERO – THE VANITY OF BABYLON
Origin/Historian/Author: Cicero Source: Ancient Fragments, I.P. Cory Full Text Below We must also condemn the Babylonians, and those who, in the region of Caucasus, pretend to have observed the heavens …
DAMASCIUS – THE BABYLONIAN COSMOGONY
Origin/Historian/Author: Damascius, (ca 450 CE) Source: Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament, Robert William Rogers Introduction: Damascius, a Syrian philosopher during the 5th century CE, was considered the last of …
DAMASCIUS – THE THEOGONIES
Origin/Historian/Author: Damascius Source: Ancient Fragments, I.P. Cory Full Text Below But the Babylonians, like the rest of the barbarians, pass over in silence the One principle of the universe, and …