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time trying to obtain the birth-rank of Pericles, but with only 

 partial results. I have the names of ten of his ancestors and some 

 dates connected with their lives, but nothing that will give a near 

 approximation to dates of births. I find, however, that six genera- 

 tions averaged between thirty-six and forty years. I also find that 

 Agarista's aunt, Coesyra, was married in 554 B. C. If we assume 

 that she was twenty-one at that time, and give the date thus obtained 

 as a probable date for the birth of her brother Hippocrates (the 

 father of Agarista), then we have eighty years to divide between 

 a father and a mother in the ancestry of Pericles. If this division 

 be made to correspond to the Athenian marriages of which I have 

 obtained records, then we would have about thirty for his mother, 

 and fifty for his father and maternal grandfather. This would 

 place Pericles in class A or sub-class A 2 , but there is so much 

 hypothesis about this that it is possible that he was born in class B 

 or even class C. I have, therefore, not ranked him in the lists I 

 have given, and only explain the case to show the difficulties in 

 obtaining accurate information, and to show that he takes some 

 rank much above the average. 



Archidamus II became king of Sparta in 469 B. C. Archid- 

 amus V became king in 240 B. C. Between these two there are 

 six generations and 229 years, which gives an average of thirty-eight 

 years for each step, or more than five years above the average in 

 the United States 150 years ago. 



PTOLEMY PHILADELPHUS. 



Ptolemy II, surnamed Philadelphus, was the greatest of the 

 Ptolemys. He was born in 309 B. C, and was son of Ptolemy I, 

 who was born in 367 B. C. He therefore comes in sub-class A 3 . 

 Being of Greek descent, he is naturally included at this point. 



