468 TRANS. ST. LOUIS ACAD. SCIENCE. 



i8h., 13 i°E., curve 3 , 2S , 29 ; which was also a small one 

 because the 15 lay i° W. of the sun. (Comp. Calvisius's Opus 

 Chron.) 



The Actual History of the Greeks. 



The history of the Greeks and the chronology of their eclipses 

 depending, of course, upon the Olympiads, it is to be borne in 

 mind that the Olympian games were celebrated two years later 

 than hitherto was universally believed, namely, in all years B.C. 

 which, being divided by 4, gives the remainder i,and in all years 

 of the Christian era which, being divided by 4, leaves the remain- 

 der 3. The proofs have been discussed in the premises (p. 437O 

 For the planetary configuration referring to the celebration of the 

 first Olympian games, as well as all those mentioned in Roman 

 history, place this statement beyond question, as the following iS 

 examples clearly show : 



!• —777' March 29, Plan. Conf. Schol. Pind. Ol. v. 10; Pausan. v. 14. 



2. — 205, Coss. CI. Nero and Salinator II. Livy, 27, 34. 



3. — 41, Subsequent to Julius Caesar's death. Cic Epis. ad Att. 16, 7; 



i5» 5 5 2 4- 



4. — 37, Coss. Calvinus and Pollio. Joseph. Ant. xiv. 14,4; xv. 10, 1 : 



B.J. i. 19, 13. (Seep. 433.) 



5. — 29, Coss. Ahenobarbus and Sosius, 13th year of Augustus. Plut. 



Ant. p. 942. 



6. _ 9) Coss. Messalla and Appianus, 33d year of Augustus. Joseph. 



B.J. i. 21, 8. 12. 



7. -f- 19, Coss. Rufus and Flaccus, 3d year of Tiberius. Cramer An. 



p. 151. 



8. -4- 43, Coss. Caligula IV. and Saturninus, 1st year of Claudius. 



Malala x. 320. 



9 . _L. 59 , Coss. Nero III. & Messalla. Philostr. V. A. iv. 24, 17. iS. 34. 

 io . _|_ 67, Coss. Telesinus & Paulinus, 12th yearof Nero. Pausan. x. 36, 4. 

 u. _|_ 95) Coss. Domitian XVII. and Clemens, 15th year of Domitian. 



Philostr. viii. 14-1S. 

 12. -f- 127, in the 8th year of Hadrian. Pausan. Perieg. v. 21, 6; Ol. 226, 1. 

 x-j. _|_ 163, in the 3d year of Aurelius and Verus. Pausan. x. 24, 2; Ol. 



135, i- 



14 . +167, death of Peregrinus. Amm. xxix. 1, 39; Gell. N. A. viii. 3: 



Hieron. A. A. 2181. 



15. -[-211, yErse Ant. 260. Malala xii. 372. 



16. +239, u.c. 991; yErae Act. 267; ^Eraejul. 283; Censorin c. 5. 

 17- +327. 33*1 335) 3 6 3- Liban. iii. 123, no. 



18. +395, interdicted in the 16th year of Theodosius. Cedren. p. 325 C. 



