Julius Africanus · c. 221 AD
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Section 12
From this record, therefore, we affirm that Ogygus, from whom the first flood (in Attica) derived its name, and who was saved when many perished, lived at the time of the exodus of the people from Egypt along with Moses. And after Ogygus, on account of the vast destruction caused by the flood, the present land of Attica remained without a king till the time of Cecrops, 189 years. Philochorus, however, affirms that Ogygus, Actæus, or whatever other fictitious name is adduced, never existed. From Ogygus to Cyrus, as from Moses to his time, are 1235 years.