From Noah to Dardanus (according to Annius)

This article describes the descendants of Noah who contributed to the     Egyptian and European histories, up to the time of the foundation of Troy by     Dardanus.

Note: This history uses source material of questionable origin, known as "pseudo-Berosus". See the Lost Works of Berosus. For a more authentic version, see From Noah to Dardanus.

Figure 1. Descent of the Trojan and Celtic (Samothean) Kings

Source Material

The source material for this article is a set of fragments that are alleged to come from Berosus, a 3rd century BC Chaldean priest. His works are now lost, but the history is related by a Tudor-period historian called Richard Lynche. See my article on Travels of Noah.

Children of Noah

Noah and his wife Tytea had three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, who were       with them in the ark, together with their wives, eight people altogether.

After the Flood, they had at least 30 additional children, including two       daughters, Rhea and Araxa the Great.

The children of Noah and Tytea are       not arranged in Figure 1 in the order of their birth. Instead they are       arranged in a way that is easy to draw, considering the intermarriages       within the family.

Ham and Rhea

The marriage of Ham and his younger sister Rhea was a second marriage in       both cases. Ham was married to Noegla (or Noela) who had been with him in       the ark, and she was still living at the time of his second marriage.

Rhea       had been married to Hammon, the great-great grandson of Ham, a union that       might seem incredible to us, but it was possible in those days because of       their great longevity.

Rhea left Hammon because he was having an       adulterous affair with another woman called Almanthea, and she went to       Sicily and married Ham. (He was in Sicily at the time because he had       invaded Italy but his father Noah had thrown him out.)

No date is given for the marriage of Ham and Rhea, but it must have been       quite late because of the generations between Ham and Hammon.

Osiris and Isis

Ham and Rhea had a son called Osiris and a daughter called Isis, who       subsequently married.

Isis was born in the year 302 after the Flood, in       the first year of Semiramis queen of Babylon.

She was 50 years old when       she married Osiris, so the date of their marriage was 352.

Osiris was       about 60 years old at the time, but both of them were still youths.       Together they ruled Egypt, and they taught the people agriculture.

Their eldest son was called Hercules, surnamed Lybidicus or Lybicus. He appears as "Lehabim" in Gen. 10:13 and this means his father Osiris must be the Biblical Mizraim, as I have explained in my article on the Samotheans.

Hercules and Araxa

During these campaigns, Osiris went to Scythia and       found that his son Hercules had become "greatly enamoured with a lady       called Araxa".

Osiris had many other children, from Isis and from other women, and when       they were grown up he assembled an army and went around the world       overthrowing giants.

This is unlikely to be "Araxa the Great",       the daughter of Noah, because Lynche would not have introduced her in this       way. Whenever he returns to a previous character, he identifies them as "the       aforementioned" or something similar.

Araxa is more likely to be a       descendant of Araxa the Great, but we can only verify it if we can find       some other sources.

Hercules and Araxa had a son called Tuscus who "much later"       became king of Italy, and the province of Tuscany was named after him.

As the details of the story unfold, we find out how much later.

Osiris, after       subduing giants in many countries, was killed in his home country of Egypt       by a rebellion from within his own family that was led by his brother       Typhon.

He lived peacably in France for a while, then he went       to Italy and fought with the Lestrigones for 10 years, eventually       defeating them.

Hercules, assisted by some of his brothers, avenged the death of       his father by killing Typhon, then he went around killing other giants as       his father had done.

He ruled over Italy for 20 years, then he appointed Tuscus       as king of Italy in the year 625 after the Flood, at a great ceremony in       Viterbe, the capital of Tuscany.

The appointment of Tuscus was 273 years after the marriage of his       grandparents Osiris and Isis, and is another indication of great       longevity.

Hercules and Omphale

While Hercules was going around killing giants, before he went to       France, he went to Phrygia and overcame a tyrant called Tipheus. He       appointed his son Athus as governor, who had been born to him from a lady       called Omphale.

Later in the story, we find that Athus had become known as       "Athus the Great", and Dardanus was welcomed and entertained in       Phrygia by another Athus who was his fourth-generation descendant.

Note: Since this Athus is a descendant of Athus the       Great, it adds weight to the argument that Araxa, who married Hercules,       might be a descendant of Araxa the Great.

Hercules and Galathea

When Hercules went to France (otherwise known as Celtica or           Samothea), he married into their royal family and contributed to their           line of descent as shown in figure 2.

He was received by their king, Iupiter Celtes, who had a daughter           called Galathea, a good and virtuous giantesse.

Iupiter Celtes was           very proud of her and would not offer her to any man in marriage until           he found someone who was worthy of her.

He was impressed with the           exploits of Hercules and offered her to him in marriage, and they had           a son called Galatheus.

Hercules became king of France for a while,           then he appointed Galatheus as king, at the same ceremony in Viterbe           where Tuscus was appointed king of Italy.

The two of them were good           friends, and Tuscus offered Galatheus the island of Sicily.

Then when a government was set up, Galatheus returned to France.

It was in the           days of Galatheus that the kingdom of Celtica was first called Gaul.

From Noah to Dardanus (according to Annius)

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