Sacred Texts: The Classics

FRAGMENTS OF CHALDÆAN HISTORY, BEROSSUS: FROM ALEXA...

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BEROSSUS, in the first book of his history of Babylonia, informs us that he lived in the age of Alexander the son of Philip. And he mentions that there were written accounts, preserved at Babylon with the greatest care, comprehending a period of above fifteen myriads of years: and that these writings contained histories of the heaven and of the sea; of the birth of mankind; and of the kings, and of the memorable actions which they had achieved. And in the first place he describes Babylonia as a…

FRAGMENTS OF CHALDÆAN HISTORY, BEROSSUS: FROM ALEXA...

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