By Water & Blood

Manetho: Second Book

The Twelfth Dynasty. Of seven Diospolite, (or Theban), kings.

i. Geson Goses [or, Sesonchosis ; or, Sesortosis; or, Sesortosis], the son of Ammanemes. He reigned 46 years.

2. Ammanemes reigned 38 years. He was slain by his eunuchs.

3. Sesostris 41 [or, 48] years. He conquered all Asia in nine years, and Europe as far as Thrace ; everywhere erecting monuments of his conquests of those nations ; statues of men among nations who acted bravely, but among the degenerate he erected figures of women, engraving their sexual organs upon the pillars. By the Egyptians he is supposed to be the first after Osiris.

4. Lachares 8 years, who built the Labyrinth in Arsenoite [ sic] as a tomb for himself.

7. Skemiophris, his sister, 4 years. Altogether 1 60 years.

Consisted of 60 Diospolite, (or Theban), kings, whose names are lost. They reigned 453 years. {according to the Armenian copy of Eusebius).

1 1 8 cory's ancient fragments.

Consisting of J6 Xoite kings, who ruled 184 [or, 484] years. (The number 484 is from the Armenian version of Eusebius.)

The Fifteenth1 Dynasty Of the Hyk-shos or Shepherd-Kings. There were six foreign, i.e., Phoenician or Canaanitish kings. This dynasty took Memphis, and built a city in the Sethroite nome, whence they made an invasion, and conquered all Egypt. Of these —

1. Saites [or, Salatis] reigned 19 years, after whom the Saite nome or district is called.

2. Beon [or, Bnon] reigned 44 years.

3. Pachnan [or, Apachnas] 61 years.

5. Archies [or, Assis] 49 years.

6. Aphobis [or, Apophis] 61 years. Altogether 284 years.

The Sixteenth Dynasty Of 32 Grecian shepherds, who reigned 518 years.

The Seventeenth Dynasty Consisted of 43 shepherd-kings and 43 Thebans, [or, Diospolites.]

1 This is the Seventeenth Dynasty according to Eusebius.

The Shepherds and Thebans reigned altogether 151 years.

Of sixteen Diospolite, {or, Theban), kings.

1. Amos ; in whose time Moses went forth from Egypt, as we have shown.

4. Amersis [or, Amensis] 22 years.

6. Misphragmuthosis 26 years, in whose time the Flood of Deucalion happened.

8. Amenophis 31 years. He is supposed to be the Memnon, to whom the musical statue1 (in Egypt) was erected.

10. Acherrhes [or, Akenchres] 32 years.

1 1 . Rathos [or, Rathotis] 6 years.

1 3. Acherrhes [or, Akenchres] 1 2 years.

14. Armesses [or, Armais] 5 years.

16. Amenoph [or, Amenophath] 19 years. Altogether 263 [or, 259].

1 The researches of Pococke and Hamilton have long since proved this to be the Memnon of the Ancients, while the hieroglyphic labours of Champollion have established the claims of Amenoph to the statues he erected.

Consisted of seven Diospolite, (or Theban), kings, i. Sethos reigned 51 years.

2. Rapsakes [or, Rampses] 61 years.

5. Ammenemnes [or, Ammenemes] 5 years.

6. Thuoris, who is called by Homer, Polybus.

7. Alcandrus, 7 years, in whose time I lion, {i.e., Troy), was taken.

In this second book of Manetho are contained 96 kings, and 2 121 years. — Syncel. Chron. 59 to 75. — Euseb. Chron. 15 to 17.