Appendix B

Alignment of Diodorus with Eratosthenes, Herodotus, and Manetho

 

Comparison of the Library of History of Diodorus with the Histories of Herodotus,
the Chronography of Eratosthenes, and with Manetho

# Eratosthenes Order.* Herodotus Order.* Diodorus Manetho #
           
1st & 2nd Dynasties
1 Mines 1. Min 1. Menas Menes 1
2 Athothes     Athothis 2
3 Athothes     Kenkenes 3
4 Diabies     Ouenephes 4
5 Pemphos     Ousaphaidos 5
6 Tœgar Amachus Momchiri     Miebidos 6
7 Stœchus     Semempses 7
8 Gosormies     Bienekhes 8
9 Mares     Boethos 9
10 Anoÿphes     Kaiekhos 10
           
4th Dynasty
11 Sirius   2. Busiris I Soris 27
12 Chnubus Gneurus 9. Cheops 17. Chemmis Souphis 28
10. Chephren 18. Cephren Souphis 29
11. Mycerinus 19. Mycerinus Menkheres 30
13 Ranosis 12. Rhodopis† 20. Rhodopis† Rhatoises 31
14 Biuris   3. Busiris II Bikheris 32
15 Saophis Komastes     Seberkheres 33
16 Sensaophis     Thamphthis 34
           
6th Dynasty
17 Moscheris Heliodotus     Othoes 35
18 Musthis     Methousouphis 37
19 Pammus Archondes     Phios 36
20 Apaphus     Phiops 38
21 Acheskus Okaras 2. Brother of Nitocris   Menthesouphis 39
22 Nitokris 3. Nitocris   Nitokris 40
           
10th Dynasty
23 Myrtæus Ammonodotus     "19 (9?) Kings"  
24 Thyosimares, Crataios        
25 Thinillus        
26 Semphrucrates        
27 Chuther Taurus        
28 Meures Philoscorus        
29 Chomœphtha, Cosmus Philephæstus        
30 Ancunius Ochy        
31 Penteathyris        
           
12th Dynasty
32 Stamenemes     Ammenemes  
33 Sistosichermes     Sesonkhosis  
34 Maris     Ammenemes  
35 Siphoas     Sesostris  
36 (not named) 4. Moeris 8. Moeris/13. Mendes Lamares  
37 Phruron=Nilus 6. Pheros 6. Nilus/16. Nileus Ameres  
38 Amuthantæus     Ammenemes  
        Skemiophris  
           
18th Dynasty
      11. Amasis I Amosis I  
      12. Actisanes Khenkheres?  
      5. Uchoreus Akherres  
           
19th Dynasty
           
      4. Ozymandias/
7. Egyptus
Ramesses II  
    5. Sesostris 9. Sesoösis Sethos II  
    7. Proteus 14. Cetes=Proteus
           
20th Dynasty
    8. Rhampsinitus 10. Unnamed/
15. Remphis
"12 Kings"  
           
23rd Dynasty?
    13. Asychis   Osorkho?  
    14. Anysis    
           
24th Dynasty
      21. Tnephachthus  
      22. Bocchoris Bokhkhoris  
           
25th Dynasty (Ethiopian)
      23. Sabaco Sabakon  
    15. Sethos   Tarkos  
           
26th Dynasty
      24. Psammetichus Psammouthis/
Psammetikhos
 
      26. Apries Ouaphris  
      25. Amasis II Amosis II  
           

*This is the order that these kings are mentioned by the authors, not necessarily the order they were given by the Egyptian priests. †Identified as a courtesan of Amasis by Herodotus, who notes the common belief that she was the courtesan of Mycerinus, a belief held by Diodorus. The position of her mention in both chronologies would suggest a confusion between Rhodopis and the Rhatoises of Manetho.

 

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