4^8 TRANS. ST. LOUIS ACAD. SCIENCE. 



i8h., U i°E., curve 3°, 28°, 29°; which was also a small one 

 because the t5 lay 1° W. of the sun. (Comp. Calvisius's Opus 

 Chron.) 



The Actual History of tbe 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. 437.) 

 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 18 

 examples clearly show : 



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



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



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



i5> 5; 24. 



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

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



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

 Ant. p. 942. 



— 9, Coss. Messalla and Appianus, 33d year of Augustus. Joseph. 

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



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



p. 151. 

 -\- 43, Coss. Caligula IV. and Saturninus, ist year of Claudius. 

 Malala x. 320. 

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

 ID. -f- 67, Coss. Telesinus & Paulinus, i2thyearof Nero. Pausan. x. 36, 4. 



11. -\- 95, Coss. Domitian XVII. and Clemens, 15th year of Domitian. 



Philostr. viii. 14-18. 



12. -|- 127, in the 8th year of Hadrian. Pausan. Perieg. v. 21, 6; OI. 226, i. 



13. -|- 163, in the 3d year of Aurelius and Verus. Pausan. x. 24, 2; Ol. 



135. I- 



14. -\-i6'j, death of Peregrinus. Amm. xxix. i, 39; Gell. N. A. viii. 3: 



Hieron. A. A. 2181. 



15. -}-2ii, -^rae Ant. 260. Malala xii. 372. 



16. -j-239, u.c. 991; ^rae Act. 267; ^Eraj Jul. 283; Censorin c. 5. 

 17- +327» 331. 335» 363- Liban. iii. 123, no. 



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



