Monday, August 31, 2020

Ancient Greek Repetitions?

by Damien F. Mackey Has the list of Greek archons been duplicated? There may be duplications in the list of ancient Greek archons. But there may also be characters listed there who did not even belong to Greece. I have already argued that Solon, appointed archon in the Athenian government in c. 600 BC, was in fact a non-historical figure, based largely upon the sage King Solomon of Israel: Solomon and Sheba https://www.academia.edu/3660164/Solomon_and_Sheba?sm=b but whose supposed laws and reforms appear to owe much to another famous Jew of antiquity, Nehemiah. (See, on this, “Two reformers compared: Solon of Athens and Nehemiah of Jerusalem”, E. Yamauchi and G. Rendsburg). Now Clark Whelton of NY has just alerted me to an article of historical revision by professor Gunnar Heinsohn: https://q-mag.org/rome-and-jerusalem-a-stratigraphy-based-chronology-of-the-ancient-world.html Rome and Jerusalem - a stratigraphy-based chronology of the Ancient World in which the author runs these intriguing parallels between supposedly separate Greek archons: 462 BC A KONON becomes archon in Athens. 398 BC A KONON tries to win Akhaemenid Artaxerxes II for Athens. The pressure by KONON of Athens to stop Sparta’s assistance for Egypt’s rebellion against Akhaemenids in 395 BC is a duplication of 460 BC (time of a KONON in Athens) when the Akhaemenid Satrap Achaimenes is murdered in Egypt. 460 BC Walls are built in Athens. 393 BC Walls are built in Athens. 459 BC A PHILOKLES becomes archon in Athens. 392 BC A PHILOKLES becomes archon in Athens. 450 BC Athenians win at Salamis (Cyprus). 384 BC Ceasefire is negotiated at Salamis (Cyprus). 449 BC Peace of KALLIAS strengthens “1st“Attic Maritime Alliance. 377 BC A KALLIAS is archon in Athens; “2nd” Attic Maritime Alliance). 424 BC OCHOS (Darius II) crowned after brief rule of predecessor. 358 BC OCHOS (Artaxerxes III) crowned after brief rule of predecessor. 419 BC An Archias becomes archon in Athens. 345 BC An Archias becomes archon in Athens. ….

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