Miscellanies 1.21.128 (21.128)

Summary: Clement lists the Persian kings (235 years) and the Macedonian kings of Egypt.

Greek text · Stählin 2:79–80

Συνάγονται οὖν καὶ τῶν Περσῶν οἱ χρόνοι οὕτως· Κῦρος ἔτη τριάκοντα, Καμβύσης δεκαεννέα, Δαρεῖος ἓξ καὶ τεσσαράκοντα, Ξέρξης ἓξ καὶ εἴκοσι, Ἀρταξέρξης ἓν καὶ τεσσαράκοντα, Δαρεῖος ὀκτώ, Ἀρταξέρξης τεσσαράκοντα δύο, Ὦχος η΄, Ἀρσὴς τρία. συνάγεται ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ τῶν Περσικῶν ἔτη διακόσια τριάκοντα πέντε. καθελὼν δὲ τὸν Δαρεῖον τοῦτον Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μακεδὼν κατὰ τὰ προκείμενα ἔτη βασιλεύειν ἄρχεται. ὁμοίως οὖν καὶ τῶν Μακεδονικῶν βασιλέων οἱ χρόνοι οὕτω κατάγονται. Ἀλέξανδρος ἔτη δεκαοκτώ, Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Λάγου ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα, Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Φιλάδελφος ἔτη εἴκοσι ἑπτά, εἶτα ὁ Εὐεργέτης ἔτη πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι, εἶτα ὁ Φιλοπάτωρ ἔτη ἑπτακαίδεκα, μεθʼ ὃν ὁ Ἐπιφανὴς ἔτη τέσσαρα καὶ εἴκοσι· τοῦτον διαδέχεται ὁ Φιλομήτωρ καὶ βασιλεύει ἔτη πέντε καὶ τριάκοντα, μεθʼ ὃν ὁ Φύσκων ἔτη ἐννέα καὶ εἴκοσι, εἶτα ὁ Λάθουρος ἔτη ἓξ καὶ τριάκοντα, εἶτα ὁ ἐπικληθεὶς Διόνυσος ἔτη ἐννέα καὶ εἴκοσι.

English · Claude translation

The dates of the Persians are reckoned thus: Cyrus thirty years, Cambyses nineteen, Darius forty-six, Xerxes twenty-six, Artaxerxes forty-one, Darius eight, Artaxerxes forty-two, Ochus eight, Arses three. The Persian years together come to two hundred and thirty-five. When Alexander the Macedonian had overthrown this Darius, he began to reign, according to the years set out. Likewise the dates of the Macedonian kings are brought down thus: Alexander eighteen years, Ptolemy son of Lagus forty years, Ptolemy Philadelphus twenty-seven years, then Euergetes twenty-five years, then Philopator seventeen years, after whom Epiphanes twenty-four years; Philometor succeeded him and reigned thirty-five years, after whom Physcon twenty-nine years, then Lathyrus thirty-six years, then the one surnamed Dionysus twenty-nine years.

About this passage

Source

Stählin 2:79–80 · Otto Stählin, ed., Clemens Alexandrinus, vol. 2, Stromata Buch I–VI, GCS 15 (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1906); vol. 3, Stromata Buch VII und VIII, GCS 17 (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1909) · Greek text: Otto Stählin, Clemens Alexandrinus 2–3 (GCS 15, 17, 1906–1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA 4.0

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Stählin (1906–1909); made independently of existing English translations.

Topics

Scripture and canon

Cite this passage

Clement of Alexandria, Strom. 1.21.128 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-stromata/1/21/128/).

Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Strom. 1.21.128 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-stromata/1/21/128/).