The Garden

OF THALLUS

Origin/Historian/Author: Thallus Source: Ancient Fragments, I.P. Cory Full Text Below THALLUS makes mention of Belus, the king of the Assyrians, and Cronus the Titan; and says that Belus, with the …

EUPOLEMUS – OF BELUS(CRONUS)

Origin/Historian/Author: Eupolemus Source: Ancient Fragments, I.P. Cory Full Text Below FOR the Babylonians say that the first was Belus, who is the same as Cronus. And from him descended Belus …

ALEXANDER POLYHISTOR – THE TOWER OF BABEL

Origin/Historian/Author: Alexander Polyhistor Source: Ancient Fragments, I.P. Cory Introduction: A Classical/Hellenistic era literature originally authored by Alexander Polyhistor. Alexander Polyhistor was an imprisoned Greek historian. He lived between 105 BC …

HESTIÆUS – THE DISPERSION

Origin/Historian/Author: Hestiæus Source: Ancient Fragments, I.P. Cory Full Text Below The priests who escaped took with them the implements of the worship of the Enyalian Jove, and came to Senaar …

NICOLAUS DAMASCENUS – THE ARK

Origin/Historian/Author: Nicolaus Damascenus Source: Ancient Fragments, I.P. Cory Full Text Below There is above Minyas in the land of Armenia a very great mountain which is called Baris, to which …

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 …

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 …