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Preliminary notes about the table

Table's limits

The table below does not establish precise historical dates, but shows the relative position in time of certain legends and characters as may be deduced from the legends themselves.

Immortals

Among those listed as immortals (the first generations of beings), some have been reported dead: the CYCLOPES, the GIANTS, the Gorgon Medusa 1, Echidna, Orthus, Chimera, the Sphinx and Ladon 4 (see also BESTIARY). The ERINYES, the MELIAD NYMPHS, the GIANTS, and Aphrodite were born as a result of the Castration of Uranus. The immortals are listed in the order of their appearance, according to Hesiod. Dionysus 2 was born much later and is not included in this table. He is the grandson of Cadmus (found in the table in the list under Thebes).

Mortals

Each person in the lists of mortals counts as one generation, three generations completing one century. Continuity has been established, in most cases, through parentage or throne succession. Mortals written in red fought in the Trojan War. It may be seen, by comparing the lists horizontally, who were living at the same time. The assertion that some of these mortals became immortals has been disregarded.


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Names in this chart

Abas 2, Acrisius, Actaeus 1, Adrastus 1, Aegeus 1, Aegialeus 2, Aegyrus, Aeneas, Aeolus 1, Aepytus 2, Aeropus 2, Aether, Agamemnon, Agenor 1, Agesilaus, Agis 1, Agrippa, Alba, Alcamenes, Alcmena, Aleus, Allodius, Amphictyon, Ancus Marcius, Andropompus 1, Aphareus 1, Aphidas, Aphrodite, Apis 2, Apollo, Arcadia, Arcas 1, Arcisius, Ares, Argelaus 4, Argos, Argus 1, Aristodemus, Aristomachus 2, Artemis, Asteria 1, Astraeus 1, Athena, Athens, Atlas, Atreus, Autesion 1, Aventinus 2, Belus 1, Bia, Borus 3, Cadmus, Calchinia, Callisto, Capetus 2, Capys 2, Cecrops 1, Cecrops 2, Cephallenia, Cephalus 1, Cepheus 2, Ceto 1, Chaos, CHARITES, Chimera, Chrysorthe, Chthonophyle, Cleodaeus 2, Codrus, Cometes 4, Coronus 2, Cranaus, Cratos, Cresphontes, Crete, Cronos, Crotopus, CYCLOPES, Damasichthon 2, Danae, Danaus 1, Dardanus 1, Deimos, Deion, Demophon 1, Deucalion 1, Deucalion 2, Doryssus, Dotadas, Echemus, Echestratus, Echidna, Egypt, Electryon 1, Eos, Eosphorus, Epaphus 1, Epimetheus, Epytus 2, Erebus, Erechtheus, Erichthonius 1, Erichthonius 2, ERINYES, ERIS' OFFSPRING, Eros, Europa, Europs 1, Eurybia 1, Eurysthenes 1, Evarete, Gaia, Gelanor, GIANTS, Glaucus 8, GORGONS, GRAEAE, HARPIES, Hebe, Hecate, HECATONCHEIRES, Hector 1, Helius, Hellen 1, Hemera, Hephaestus, Heracles 1, Hermes, Hippodamia 3, Hippolytus 5, HORAE, Hyllus 1, Ianiscus, Iasus 3, Idas 2, Idomeneus 1, Ilithyia, Ilus 2, Io, Iris 1, Isthmius 2, Labdacus 1, Labotas, Lacestades, Ladocus, Ladon 4, Laertes, Laius 1, Lamedon, Laomedon 1, Latinus 2, Lelex 2, Leto, Leucippus 5, Leucus 1, Libya, Lycaon 2, Lycastus 1, Lynceus 2, Medon 11, Melanthus 1, MELIAD NYMPHS, Menoetius 1, Messenia, Minos 1, Minos 2, MUSES, Mycenae, Nemean Lion, NEREIDS, Nereus, Nestor, Nike, Niobe 1, Numa 3, Numitor 2, Nyx, NYX'S OFFSPRING, OCEANIDS, Odysseus, Oedipus, OLYMPIANS (CRONIDES), Orestes 2, Orthopolis, Orthus, Cerberus 1, Palaechthon, Pallas 1, Pandion 2, Pandion 4, Pandora 1, Pelasgus 1, Penthilus 2, Peratus, Perieres 1, Persephone, Perses 1, Perseus 1, Phaestus 2, Phintas, Phobus 1, Phocis, Phorbas 1, Phorcus, Phoroneus, PLEIADES, Plemnaeus, Polybus 9, Polycaon 1, Polydorus 2, Polynices, Pontus, Priam 1, Proca, Prometheus 1, Ptolemy 2, Rhopalus, RIVER GODS, Rome, Romulus, Selene, Servius Tullius, Sicyon, Sicyon, Silvius, Sphinx, Sthenelas, Sybotas, Tarquinius Priscus, Tarquinius Superbus, Tartarus, Telchis, Teleclus, Telemachus, Teucer 2, Thaumas 1, Thebes, Thelxion, Thersander 1, Theseus, Thessaly, Thurimachus, Tiberinus 2, Tisamenus 1, Tisamenus 2, TITANS, Triopas 1, Triton, Tros 1, Troy, Tullus Hostilius, Typhon, Uranus, WINDS, Xanthus 6, Zelos, Zeus.

List of Events

Creation of the World

Castration of Uranus.

The Golden Age

Titanomachy.

The Silver Age

Beginning of the rule of Zeus.

Bronze & Heroic Ages

Years BC

Events

Names of contemporaries
(not necessarily related to those events)

1870

Aegialeus 2.

1800

Phoroneus, Telchis.

1700

Phorbas 1, Aegyrus.

1600

Io, Calchinia.

1550

Gelanor.

1480

The Flood

Aegyptus 1, Danaus 1, Deucalion 1, Agenor 1, Lycaon 2, Cranaus, etc.

1450

The DANAIDS kill their husbands

Lynceus 2, Teucer 2, Callisto, Hellen 1.

1400

Foundation of Thebes

Europa, Cadmus, Arcas 1, Acrisius.

1350-1300

Foundation of Mycenae and Troy.
Killing of the NIOBIDS.

Perseus 1, Pelops 1, Ilus 2, Cecrops 2, Laius 1, Aeson, Procris 2, Minos 2.

1280-1200

Gigantomachy.
Expedition of the ARGONAUTS.
War of the SEVEN AGAINST THEBES.
War of the EPIGONI.
Trojan War.

(These important events take place during less than a century.)

1150

Pyrrhus 2, Silvius, Autesion 1.

Iron Age

1100

Return of the HERACLIDES.

Procles 2, Eurysthenes 1, Xanthus 6, Latinus 2, Melanthus 1.

1000

Colonization of Ionia.

Gras, Alba, Sous, Echestratus, Codrus 1.

950

Sybotas, Doryssus, Tiberinus 2.

850

Archelaus 4, Proca.

750

Foundation of Rome.

Alcamenes, Romulus.

600

Tarquinius Priscus.

550

Tarquinius Superbus, Croesus.


Marmor Parium - Pétau -Vico

The Marmor Parium compared to the chronologies by Denis Pétau (1583-1652) from 1628, and Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) from 1744.

Tha Marmor Parium, deciphered by John Selden (1584-1654), is one of the so called Arundel marmors, which were secured in 1627 in Asia Minor. The Marmor Parium was found in the island of Paros, and parts of it were later used to repair Lord Arundel's house. Another fragment of the same marble was found in Paros in 1897. The chronology of the Marmor Parium was written about 264 BC. Pétau was a French chronologist. The chronologies of the Parian marble and of Pétau have not been consulted in order to establish the tables above.

A fourth column has been added reproducing some of the dates appearing in the chronology of the New Science (1744) by Giambattista Vico (1668-1744), historian, philosopher and professor in rhetoric in Naples.


Events
All dates BC

Marmor Parium
(264 BC)

Pétau
(AD 1628)

Giambattista Vico
(AD 1744)

Prometheus 1 steals the fire

2143

King Cecrops 1 of Athens.

1582

King Deucalion 1 reigns in the region about Parnassus.

1574

c. 2030

King Cranaus of Athens.

Conflict between Ares and Poseidon after the death of Poseidon's son Halirrhothius.

1532

The Flood in the age of Deucalion 1.

1529

1529

Amphictyon (son of Deucalion 1), king of Thermopylae.

1522

Hellen 1, king of Phthiotis, names Hellenes those who were called Greeks (Graikoí) and institutes the Panathenean games.

1521

1917

Cadmus founds Thebes.

1519

1551

Eurotas and Lacedaemon, kings of Laconia.

1516

The DANAIDS arrive to Rhodes.

1511

King Erichthonius 2 of Athens.

1511

1489

Hyagnis, father of Marsyas, invents the flute.

King Erichthonius 2 celebrates the Panathenean games for the first time.

Danaus 1 expels King Gelanor.

1475

1446

Pandion 2 king of Athens.

1439

Demeter teaches Triptolemus while Erechtheus reigns in Athens.

1409

Eumolpus 1 institutes the Eleusinian mysteries during the reign of Erechtheus in Athens.

1387

Tros 1 calls the people of the land Trojans, after his own name.

1370

Pelops 1 marries Hippodamia 3.

1350

Troy built.

1327

Reign in Athens of Pandion 4, son of Cecrops 2.

1326

1309

King Aegeus 1 of Athens.

1284

1247

The voyage of the ARGONAUTS.

1263

1199

Labours of Heracles 1.

1238

Theseus king of Athens.

1259

1231

SEVEN AGAINST THEBES.

1251

1221

AMAZONS invade Attica.

1209

Death of Heracles 1

1198

Abduction of Helen

1194

Beginning of the Trojan War.

1218

The fall of Troy.

1209

1184

1179

Demophon 1 king of Athens.

Teucer 1 builds Cyprian Salamis.

Orestes 2 acquitted in the trial at Athens.

1203

Orestes 2 kills Neoptolemus.

1164

Reign of Lydia founded by the HERACLIDES.

1137

Return of the HERACLIDES Cresphontes, Temenus 2 and Aristodemus.

1103

Eurysthenes 1 and Procles 2 start the two royal houses in Lacedaemon (Sparta).

1102

Reign of Codrus 1 in Athens

1091-1071

Colonization of Ionia by Neileus, son of Codrus 1.

1077

Foundation of Smyrna

1026

Lycurgus 7 (the Spartan lawgiver)

879

Olympic Games (see Olympia)

(776)

Foundation of Rome

(Other dates for the legendary foundation of Rome are 751 and 753 BC. For Throne Succession from Troy to Rome see Troy.)

 

745

Servius Tullius (king of Rome)

531 or 541

Fall of the Tarquins (see Lucretia 2)

551 or 561



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