Catalogue Entry: THEM00098

Papers relating to chronology and 'Theologiæ Gentilis Origines Philosophicæ'

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: Ms. 361(3), New College Library, Oxford, UK

[Normalized Text] [Diplomatic Text]

Contents

Includes several charts schematising the relationships and correspondences between mythical figures (ff. 35r, 41r, 79r, 133r-134r, 216v, 218r). Many of the sheets had previously been used for notes on other subjects, including (f. 34r) an undated draft letter [2 May 1693? to Fatio de Duillier?] (NC, 7: 367) and a list of alchemical titles (f. 105r).

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[1] De nat. deor l. 3

[2] Hymn. 1 in Iovem.

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[3] Pausan. l. 5. c. 2, 3, 8.

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[4] See Hosea v 13 &

[5] a Annales Tyrij apud Iosephum l. 9 Antiq. c. ult.

[6] b 2 King. XVII.6, 24.

[7] Canon Ptol.

[8] a Apud Athenæum l. 12. p. 530.

[9] a Apud Athenæum l. 12. p. 530.

[10] Vol. 1. Polyglott. Hesychius. Plinius. Iosephus. lent Sirn In

[11] Herod. l. 1

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[12] Herod. l. 2

[13] Cont. Ap. l. 1

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[14] a Isa 23.3. Ier 2.18

[15]

b Dionys. Afer. Perieg.

b Plin. l. 5. c. 9.

[16] c Plutarch in Iside

[17] d Diodor l. 1

[18] Cic. de Natura Deorum.

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[19] Diodor l. 3 c. 4.

[20] Diodor l. 5. c. 4.

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[21] * Aratus in Phænom. sub initio. Paulus in Act. c. 7. v. 27, 28. Moses Deut. 4.39. & 10.14. Solomon Reg. 8.27. David Psal. 139. 7, 8. Iob c. 22. v. 12. Ieremiah Propheta c 23. v. 23, 24.

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[22] 2 Chron 14..8.

[23] b 2 Chron 16.8

[24] 2 Chron 14.

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[25] – d

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[26] Diodorus l

[27] b Diodor l

[28] c Deodol l 1 p. 10

[29] d Sanchoniatho apud Euseb. Præp. Ev. p 39.

[30] g Diod. lib 1

[31] h Herod l 2 c 129

[32] k Diodor l. 1.

[33] a Ioseph cont. Ap. l 2. p 1069

[34] l 1. p 17, 51

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[35] g apud Euseb. Præp. Evang. l. 6. c. 10 p 277.c.

[36] a

[37] c Hæres. l. 1. sec.

[38] d Strom. l. 1. p. 34

[39] e lib 9. seu in Bocis.

[40] q Pausan in Achaicis sub finem p. 194

[41] f apud Photium p. 1063.

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[42] Apud Ioseph. Antiq. l. 10. c. 1 & in Apion. l. 1 & Euseb. l. 9. Præp.

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[43] a Herod lib j Xen: Cyrop. l. 1

[44] b Xen. Cyrop. l. 1.

[45] Ovid Metam. l. 5 fab. 5.

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[46] Ioseph. Antiq. vol. 8. c. 4.

[47] Antiq. l. 8. c. 4.

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[48] Apud Photium c 279.

[49] Fab. 274

[50] Apud Euseb. Chron. gr

[51] a Apud Strabonem lib. 14. p. ult.

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[52] Ioseph. l. 9. c. 2.

[53] Iustin l. 36.

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[54] a Apud Athenæum lib. XIII. p. 601)

[55] b Lucian in {illeg}

[56] c Porphyrius {illeg}

[57] Argonaut. l. II. v. 124.

[58] Lib. XIII. p. 601.

[59]

Pausan. l. 1. c. 2.

Hygin. Poet. Astron. in Arctophylacte.

Lactant. Placid. lib. 6. Fab. 1.

[60] Herod. l. 2. c. 50, 52

[61] Pausan. l. 1. c. 2

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[62] Herod l. 2

[63] Herod. l. 5.

[64] Strabo l. 10. p. 464, 465, 466

[65] Strom. 1.

[66] Strabo l. 10. p 475

[67] d Porphyr. in vita Pythag.

[68] e in Sacrificijs

[69] f De nat. Deor. l

[70] g Ode 1 in Iovem v. 8.

[71] Argonaut. l. 2. v. 1237

[72] Argonaut. l

[73] Hesiod

[74] Pausan. l. 5 c

[75] a Apollodor. l. 3 p. 169.

[76] b. Strabo l. 16 p. 476. Home{r} Odyss. τ vers. 179.

[77] c. Censorin c. 18

[78] Herod. l. 1. c.

[79] r Gemini c. 6.

[80] Herod l 1. c     S. Augustin. de Trin. lib. cap. IV.

[81] a Gen. Cicero in Verrem.

[82] b Herod l. 1. c     Plutarch in Numa Censorinus c. 18, 20.

[83] e Livius l. 1

[84] f Plutarch in Numa

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[86] Ib. 1

[87] Herod. l. 6. c. 125, 126.

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[88] Herod. l. 2 Cens. c. 18.

[89] b

[90] c

[91] d Diog. Laert. in Epimenide.

[92] e l. 7. c 6

[93] f l. 5. c. 29.

[94] cont. Ap. l. 1.

[95] in Lycurgo

[96] Hygin. fab. 274

[97] b Herod l. 2

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[98] 2 King. 24.1

[99] a Apud Diodor l. 5. c.

[100] b Dionys. l. 1. p. 15

[101] c Dionys. l. 1. p. 26, 27

[102] c Dionys. l. 1. p. 26, 27

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[103] a Homer. Odyss. l. 8. v. 292

[104] b Hesiod. Theogon. v. 945.

[105] a Homer. Odyss. l. 8. v. 292

[106] a Homer. Odyss. l. 8. v. 292

[107] b Hesiod. Theogon. v. 945.

[108] b Hesiod. Theogon. v. 945.

[109] c Herod. l. 2.

[110] d Diodor. l. 1. p. 14d

[111] b Homer Odyss l. 8. v. 292

[112] c Hesiod Theogon. v. 945

[113] d Apollodor l 3. c. 1

[114] e Apollodor l. 3. c. 6.

[115] e Apollodor l. 3. c. 6.

[116] f Homer Il. β. vers. 572.

[117] e Apollodor l. 3. c. 6.

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[118] ✝ Præp. l. 2. p. 58

[119] Diodor. l. 3.

[120] a See Marshams chron. p.

[121] a Apud Athenæum l. 12. p. 529.

[122] Ib. p. 530.

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[123] a 1 King. V.1

[124] {✝ O}d. β.

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[125] Pausan

[126] Herod. l. 2

[127] Nat. Hist. l. 2 c. 8

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[128] Cic. l. 1 de Divinat. Plin l 1 Euseb. Chron Solin c. 20

[129] Herod. l. 1

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[130] Apollonij Argonautica. lib. 1. v. 77, 78

[131] Isa. 23.

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[133] Pausan l. 10. p. 875.

[134] Pausan l 3. p 211

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[135] a Diodorus lib. 3 cap. 4.

[136] b Plutarch in Theseo.

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[137]

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40
320

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[138] a l 7 c. 56.

[139] a Euseb. Præp. l. 10 c. 9

[140] a Damaratus apud Clement Alexand. Admonit ad Gent. p. 27

[141] b Apud {Photium} in Bibliotheca.

[142] Pausan. l. 1. c. 3

[143] Diog. Laert. p. 15. Plutarch in Solon p. 92.

[144] Hesiod. Opera l 2. v. 4, 122, 175 179

[145] a Apollodor l 3. p 169

[146] b Strabo l 16 p 476. Homer Odys. τ. vers. 179.

[147] c Censorin. c. 18.

[148] c Censorin. c. 18.

[149] Cic. in Verrem.

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[150] Tatian Orat. c. 5 Euseb. Præp. l. 10. c. 11. Lætus apud Clement Strom. l. 1 p. 326.

[151] Ioseph. cont. Ap. l. 1

[152] Strabo l. 7 p. 321.

[153] Herod. l. 7

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[154] a Diodor. l. 1 c. 2.

[155] a Diodor. l. 1 c. 2.

[156] b Diodor. l. 1. c. 3.

[157] c Herod l. 2

[158] d Deodol. l 1 c. 2.

[159] d Deodol. l 1 c. 2.

[160] e Diodor

[161] Plutarch in Iside

[162] Plin. l. 6. c. 29

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[163] a Diodor l. 1 c. 4

[164] a Diodor l. 1 c. 4

[165] b Diodor. l. 1 c. 7.

[166] b Diodor. l. 1 c. 7.

[167] c Herod lib. 2.

[168] c Herod lib. 2.

[169] Plin l. 7. c. 56.

[170] a Hecatæus apud Diodorum l

[171] a Hecatæus apud Diodorum l

[172] b Pindar. Nem. Ode 1

[173] Pausan. l. 3 p. 211.

[174] c Tyrtæus Poeta.

[175] d Apud Ioseph cont. Apion p. 104, 105.

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[176] a Strab l 16 p 758, a, b. & l. 17 p 819b & p. 786.c

[177] b Apud Plin l. 6. c 29 & l 3 c 9

[178] See these Dynasties in

[179] l 1. cont. Ap.

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[180] Herod. l. 1.

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[181] Apud Euhemerum locum citante Athen l 44.

[182] b Stephanus in Ιοπὴ
See Bochart in Phaleg. l. 4. c. 34.

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[183] Dionys. Halicarn. l. 2.

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[184]
Pausan. lib 9. p. 1.

[185] Plutarch. in Theseo.

[186] Apud Strabonem lib

[187] ✝ δημοι

[188] Apud Strabonem lib.

[189] ✝ in Corinthiacis.

[190] a

[191] b Euseb. Chron.

[192] c Tatian p 172.c.

[193] Pausan. l 8 sub initio.

[194] a Argonaut l. 4. v. 272.

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[195] Apud Euseb. Præp. Evang. l. 1 c. 9. p. 33.

[196] a

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[197] Ioseph.

[198] De Dea Syria

[199] Diodor l 1

[200] {Chron}

[201] Apollodor l. 3. p 169

[202] c Censorin c. 18

[203] b Strabo l 16 p 476. Homer Odys. τ vers 179.

[204] e Diog. Laert p. 15. Plutarch. Solon p 92.

[205] f Cic. in Venem

[206] Num 9.11

[207] 1 Chron 27.

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[208] a

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[209] Pausan. l. 4 c. 1. p. 281.

[210] Diodor. l. 1. c. 2.

[211] Diodor. l. 1. c. 2

[212] b Lucian de Saltatione

[213] Nonnus Dionysiad l. 13. v. 333, & seq. Bochart. Canaan l. 1. c. 24.

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[214] a Strabo l. 16.

[215] a Herod l. 1. initio.

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[216] b Pausan l 2 c 16, 22, 25 Higyn. fab. 145.

[217] b Pausan l 2 c 16, 22, 25 Higyn. fab. 145.

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[218] z.

[219] f lib. 3 p. 184.a

[220] b Diodor l. 1.

[221] Fab. 274.

[222] lib. 3.

[223] s Plin. l. 7. c. 56.

[224] Fab. 274

[225] t lib. 1. p. 23

[226] a 1 Sam 8.10.
1 King. 11.

[227] Iospeh. Antiq. l. 9. c. 2.

[228] Iustin. l. 36.

[229] ✝ Baal Canaan.

[230] in {tellage}

[231] a Steph. in Α{μ}μωνία.

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[232] a Clemens Strom p 321

[233] b Apollodor l 2 initio

[234] c Clemens Strom 1 p 321.

[235] c Clemens Strom 1 p 321.

[236] d Plato in Timæo. Syncel. p. 68.a

[237] Fab 274

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[238] b. c. 30

[239] a {illeg} 37, 40

[240] a Pausan. l. 1. c. 39, 44.

[241] b Pausan. l. 3. c. 20

[242] c Pausan. l. 3. c. 1.

[243] Pausan. l. 8. c. 4.

[244] Pausan. l. 1. c. 39, 40.

[245] Herod l. 8.

[246] Herod. l. 5.

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[247] a Apud Scholiastem Apollonij lib 2.

[248] c. 24

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[249] Æsch. Persæ. v. 761.

[250] Herod. l. 1. c. 107, 108. Xenophon. Cyrop. l. 1. c. 1.

[251] Cyrop. l. I. sec. 22.

[252] Cyrop. l. VIII. sec 36.

[253] Pausan. l. V. c. 10.

[254] Herod. L. I.

[255] Herod. l. I. c. 106, 130.

[256] Herod. l. I. c. 103.

[257] Herod. ib.

[258] Ier. XXV.

[259] a Ier. 27.3, 6. Ezek. 21.19, 20, & 25.2, 8, 12.

[260] b Ezek. 26.2 & 29.17, 19

[261] c Ezek. 29.19 & 30.4, 5.

[262] Herod. l. I. c. 71.

[263] Isa. XIII.17.

[264] Plin. l. XXXIII. c. 3.

[265] Herod. l. I. c. 94.

[266] Cyrop. l. 7.

[267] Comment. in Dan. 5.

[268] a Ioseph. Antiq. l. 10. c. 12

[269] b Vide Hieronimum in Daniel. c. 8. v. 2.

[270] Dan. X.20

[271] a Suidas in Ἀρίσταρχος. Herodot. l. 1.

[272] b Strabo. l. 15. p. 730

[273] Cyrop. l. 8. sec 44, 45

[274] Herod. l. 1. Steph. in Παρθυαιοι.

[275] viz. Chronology p. 277.

[276] a Herod. l. 3. sub finem.

[277] a Annales Tyrij apud Iosephum l. 9 Antiq. c. ult.

[278] b 2 King. XVII.6, 24, 30.

[279] b 2 King. XVII.6, 24, 30.

[280] c Hos. X.14.

[281] d 2 King. 19.12.

[282] Canon Ptol.

[283] a Apud Athenæum l. 12. p. 530.

[284] Herod. l. 1
Steph. in Παρδυαιοι

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