[917] Cononis narrationes apud Phot. p. 427.
[918] Herodot. l. 1. c. 184. five ages (γενεαι) before Nitocris the mother of Labynitus, whom Cyrus conquered.
It may be worth while to observe the different opinions of authors about the time, when Semiramis is supposed to have lived.
| Years. | |
| According to Syncellus she lived before Christ | 2177 |
| Petavius makes the term | 2060 |
| Helvicus | 2248 |
| Eusebius | 1984 |
| Mr. Jackson | 1964 |
| Abp. Usher | 1215 |
| Philo Biblius from Sanchoniathon (apud Euseb. Præp. Evang. l. 1. p. 31.) about | 1200 |
| Herodotus about | 713 |
What credit can be given to the history of a person, the time of whose life cannot be ascertained within 1535 years? for so great is the difference of the extremes in the numbers before given.
See Dionys. Perieg. Schol. in v. 1006.
[919] Diodorus Sicul. l. 1. p. 90.
[920] Herodotus. l. 1. c. 98.
[921] Diodorus Sicul. l. 1. p. 92.
[922] Strabo. l. 15. p. 1007.