Ancient Greek Chronological table (1750-1300 BC)

1750 BC | Great Flood of the Ogygus era [Paus.10.6.1, JeromeChro.1757]

** It was 190 years from the great flood of the Ogygus era to the accession of Cecrops, the first king of Athens (1561 BC). [Euseb.Chron.181, JeromeChro.1757]

1750 BC | The Ectenes, led by Ogygus, settled north of Thebes. [Paus.9.5.1, Paus.9.19.6, Paus.9.33.5]

** The Boeotians were called by the name of Ectenes. [Suda.epsilon.647] The king of Ectenes was Ogygus. [Paus.9.5.1]

** Boeotia was called Ogygia. [Strabo.9.2.18]

** Ogygus was the first king of the Athenians; Ogygus was the ancestor of the Athenians. [Euseb.Chron.181]

1750 BC | Eleusis, son of Ogygus, founded Eleusis. [Paus.1.38.7, JeromeChro.1777]

** Founded by Ogygus. [Euseb.Chro.177]

1750 BC | Aezeius (or Aegialeus), son of Inachus, founded Aegialus (later Sicyon). [Paus.7.1.1, StephByz.A40.13]

1750 BC | Phoroneus, son of Inachus, founded Phoroneus (later Argos). [Paus.2.15.5]

1750 BC | Husband of Mycene, daughter of Inachus, founded Mycenae. [Paus.2.16.3-4, estimated from StephByz.M460.9]

** Mycenae is named after Mycene, daughter of Inachus. It is located at a key transportation hub connecting Sicyon and Argos, and is thought to have been built at about the same time.

1725 BC | Car, son of Phoroneus, emigrated from Argos to Megara. [Paus.1.39.5]

** Car's tomb was located on the road from Megara to Corinth. [Paus.1.44.6]

1700 BC | Hermion, son of Europs, son of Phoroneus, founded Hermione on the south-eastern coast of Argos. [Paus.2.34.4]

1690 BC | Delphus, son of Celaeno, daughter of Hyamus, son of Lycorus, emigrated from Lycoreia and founded Delphi. [Paus.10.6.3]

1690 BC | Cres, son of Telchin of Aegialeia, lost a battle with Apis of Argos and migrated to Crete. [Paus.8.53.5, Cleme.Str.1.21, Orosius.1.7]

** Cres first ruled Crete. [JeromeChro.1962]

1690 BC | Apis, son of Phoroneus, annexed Sicyon, and Peloponnesus became known as Apia, after him. [Apo.2.1.1, Paus.2.5.7]

** Peloponnesus was called Apia because it was the “village of pears”. [Athen.14.650c]

** Pausanias describes Apis as the son of Telchis. It seems that he was referring to the incorrect genealogy of King Sicyon (Euseb.Chron.173). [Paus.2.5.6]

** Peloponnesus, 21,549.6 km². The Great Chersonesus (Crimea) 27,000 km². [Strabo.7.4.5]

1665 BC | Apis is murdered by Thelxion and Telchis. [Paus.10.6.3]

** Apis ruled Sicyon for 25 years. [Euseb.Chron.173]

1645 BC | Tiryns, son of Argus, son of Niobe, founded Tiryns. [Paus.2.25.8]

1645 BC | Epidaurus, son of Argus, son of Niobe, founded Epidaurus. [Paus.2.26.2]

1635 BC | Oenotrus, son of Lycaon, migrated from Argos to southwestern Italy and founded Pandosia. [Antiq.1.11.3, Strabo.6.1.5]

** Pausanias notes that Oenotrus was the first to immigrate to other countries. [Paus.8.3.5]

1635 BC | Peucetius, son of Lycaon, migrated from Argos to the southeastern part of the Italian peninsula. [Antiq.1.11.3]

** The southeastern part of the Italian peninsula was called Peucetia, after Peucetius. [Plin.3.16.1]

1610 BC | Peiras, son of Argus, son of Niobe, founded the temple of Hera in Argos. [Euseb.Pra.3.8]

** Peiras made his daughter Callithyia the first priestess. [Euseb.Pra.3.8]

** Argus, son of Niobe, made a statue of Hera from the pear tree of Tiryns. [Cleme.Exho.4, Euseb.Pra.3.8]

** Callithias, son of Pirantos, became the first priest. [JeromeChro.1637] This seems to be a mistake for Peiras' daughter Callithyia.

1580 BC | The Mystery priest Trochilus defected from Argos to Eleusis in a dispute with Agenor, son of Triopas. [Paus.1.14.2]

** Trochilus was the son of Callithyia. [SchoAratus.Pheno.161]

1580 BC | Triopas, son of Phorbas, son of Argus, sent a colony to Rhodes. [Diod.4.58.7]

1580 BC | A plague broke out in Boeotia. [Paus.9.5.1]

1580 BC | The Ectenes of Boeotia migrated to Attica, Thessaly, and Egypt. [Paus.9.5.1, Paus.9.33.5, Suda.epsilon.647, Strabo.9.2.18]

** Some of the Ectenes remained in Boeotia. They later fights Cadmus and is defeated. [Nonnus.5.35]

1580 BC | Cecrops' father moved to the Nile Delta of Egypt and founded Sais. [Diod.1.28.4, Tzetzes.5.650]

** Cecrops came to Athens from Sais. [Tzetzes.5.650] Ogygus was the ancestor of the Athenians. [Euseb.Chron.181]

1562 BC | Herse, daughter of Cecrops, married Tyre of Phoenicia on the way from Egypt to Athens. [Estimated from Apo.3.14.3 and MarceReg.30]

1562 BC | Cecrops landed at Mirinous on the east coast of Attica from Egypt. [Paus.1.31.5]

** Cecrops was Egyptian. [FGrH.Nr328.F93, JeromeChro.1550, Suda.ka.1272, Suda.pi.2506]

1562 BC | Colaenus migrated from Mirinous to the west side of the entrance to the Gulf of Messenia and founded Colonides. [Paus.1.31.5, Paus.4.34.8]

1561 BC | Cecrops married Agraulus, daughter of Actaeus, next king of Porphyrion of Athmoneis northeast of Athens. [Apo.3.14.2, Paus.1.5.3]

1561 BC | Cecrops founded Cecropia (present-day Athens). [Apo.3.14.2, Euseb.181, Paus.1.2.6, Paus.1.5.3, Paus.1.14.7, Pliny.7.194]

** The surname “Diphyes” for Cecrops is a person who speaks two languages. [FGrH.328.F93, JeromeChro.1550]

** a body compounded of man and serpent. [Apo.3.14.1, Diod.1.28.7]

1560 BC | Iasus, son of Triopas, emigrated to Egypt, taking his daughter Io with him. [Paus.2.16.1]

** Io was a priestess of the temple of Hera in Argos. [Apo.2.1.3, Palaepha.42]

** Io was called Isis in Egypt. [Suda.iota.636]

1560 BC | Cyrnus of Argos founded Cyrnus in Cheronesus, opposite the Rhodes. [Diod.5.60.4]

1560 BC | Xanthus, son of Triopas, colonized Lycia from Argos and then the uninhabited Lesbos. [Diod.5.81.2]

1560 BC | Larisa, daughter of Pelasgus, son of Triopas, emigrated from Argos to Thessaly. [Antiq.1.17]

1560 BC | Pelasgus, son of Agenor, son of Triopas, settled at the foot of Mount Lycaeus (modern Mt. Lykaion, 1,421 m) in Arcadia. [Paus.8.1.6]

1535 BC | Epaphus, son of Telegonus, migrated from Sais south of the NileDelta and founded Memphis. [Apo.2.1.4, Cleme.Str.1.21, Herod.2.153]

1535 BC | Cranaus emigrated from Egypt to Attica. [Estimated from Diod.1.29.1]

** Cranaus is presumed to be the son of Io, since the inhabitants of Athens were Pelasgians and were called Cranaans. [Herod.8.44]

** Cranaus appears to have settled on the banks of the Triton River in Boeotia, where his ancestor Ogygus once lived. [Strabo.9.2.18]

** Cranaus (ordered by Cecrops) founded Athens and Eleusis on the banks of the Triton River. [Strabo.9.2.18]

** Homer (Il. 4.8) uses Alalcomenae as a suffix for Athena, suggesting that the village was on the banks of the Triton River even then.

** Atthis's son, Erichthonius, came from Egypt, so it seems that Atthis also returned to Egypt.

1530 BC | Erysichthon, son of Cecrops, sent a wooden statue to Delos. [Euseb.Pra.3.8]

1530 BC | Patarus, son of Lycia, daughter of Xanthus, founded Patara near the mouth of Xanthus in Lycia. [FGrH.Nr1.F256, Strabo.14.3.6]

1530 BC | Deucalion of Thessaly became king. It was during the reign of the Athenian king Cecrops. [Parian.Marble.2]

1530 BC | Atthis, daughter of Cranaus, was born. [Apo.3.14.5]

** Cranaus' daughter Atthis (also known as Athena [Apo.3.14.6, Tzetzes.1.170]) grew up near the Triton River. [Herod.4.180, Paus.1.14.6, Paus.9.33.7]

** Named Attica after Cranaus' daughter Atthis. [JeromeChro.1506, Just.2.6, Strabo.9.1.18]

1525 BC | Erysichthon, son of Cecrops, erects the Temple of Apollo at Delos. [JeromeChro.1511]

1525 BC | Lycaon, son of Pelasgus, founded Lycosura near Mount Lycaeus. [Paus.8.2.1]

1515 BC | Erysichthon, son of Cecrops, died during the voyage from Delos and was buried at Prasiae. [Paus.1.2.6, Paus.1.31.2]

1515 BC | Hellen, son of Deucalion, founded Hellas on the opposite bank of the Enipeus River. [Strabo.9.5.6]

1511 BC | Flood of the Deucalion era

** A great earthquake caused the Peneius River in Thessaly to be dammed near its mouth, causing a great flood. [Apo.3.14.5, Euseb.183]

** After Hellas was devastated, Hellen relocated to Melitaea. [Strabo.9.5.6]

1511 BC | Cranaus exiles his daughter Atthis and her husband to Egypt. [Inferred from the fact that after Cranaus' death, Cranaus' daughter's son succeeded as King of Athens, rather than Cranaus' son Rharus]

** Atthis's husband is thought to be the grandson of Cecrops, possibly the son of Erysichthon.

1511 BC | Cecrops dies and Cranaus becomes king of Athens. [Paus.1.2.6]

1510 BC | Atthis's son Erichthonius was born. [Apo.3.14.6]

1510 BC | Lycaon, son of Pelasgus, held the Lycaean games. [Paus.8.2.1]

1503 BC | Amphictyon, son of Deucalion, married the daughter of Cranaus. [Paus.1.2.6, Euseb.Chron.183]

1502 BC | Cranaus was exiled to Amphictyon and died at Lamptrae (between Athens and Cape Sunium). [Apo.3.14.6, Euseb.183, aus.1.31.3]

1500 BC | Rhodos' mother Halia's father (Telchines) settled Rhodes from Crete. [Diod.5.55.4]

1495 BC | Meliteus, son of Hellen and Othreis, founded Melitaea. [Antoninus.13, FGrH.Nr4.F125]

** In the time of Deucalion and Hellen, the town was called Pyrrha, but it seems that in the time of Meliteus, it was called Melitaea. [Strabo.9.5.6]

1492 BC | A great drought struck Greece. [Diod.1.29.1]

1492 BC | Erichthonius, son of Atthis, daughter of Cranaus, came to Athens from Egypt.

** Erichthonius deposed Amphictyon and became king of Athens. [Diod.1.29.1, Paus.1.2.6]

** Erichthonius was a cousin of Celeus, son of Rharus, son of Cranaus, who lived in Eleusis. [Newton.Chro.143]

** Rharus came from Egypt with Erichthonius.

1492 BC | The first barley seeds were sown on the plains of Rharium near Eleusis. [Diod.1.29.2, Paus.1.38.6]

** It is assumed that Rharus brought the seeds from Egypt and sowed them.

1480 BC | The Pelasgians moved their oracle from Scotussa in Thessaly to Dodona. [Strabo.7.7.10-12, Strabo.9.5.23]

** Thessalus, son of Haemon, built a temple in Dodona. [Hyginus.225]

** the sanctuary (of Dodona) also was from the beginning Pelasgian [Strabo.9.2.4]

** The sanctuary of Dodona itself appears to have been founded by the Pelasgians.

1470 BC | Xuthus, son of Hellen, was driven from Thessaly and moved to Athens. [Paus.7.1.2]

** Xuthus married Creusa, daughter of Erichthonius, the fourth king of Athens. [Paus.7.1.2]

1465 BC | Xuthus founded Tetrapolis (Oenoê, Marathon, Probalinthus, Tricorynthus) in northeastern Attica. [Strabo.8.7.1]

1460 BC | Dorus, son of Hellen, migrated from Melitaea to the Peneius River valley north of Thessaly. [Herod.1.56]

1456 BC | Erysichthon migrated from Prasus in Crete to Rhodes. [FGrH.Nr4.F122, estimated from Strabo.10.3.19]

1456 BC | Erysichthon married Rhodos, daughter of Halia of Telchines, and they had seven sons. [Diod.5.55.4, Diod.5.56.5]

1450 BC | Heraeus, son of Lycaon, founded Heraea on the right bank of the Alpheius River in Arcadia. [Paus.8.26.1]

1442 BC | Xuthus, son of Hellen, emigrated from Attica to Aegialus (later Achaia). [Paus.7.1.2]

** It is thought that after the death of his father-in-law King Erechtheus, he led the people who could not support him in Attica and migrated in search of a new world. [Paus.7.1.2]

** The first Aeolis to enter Peloponnesus was Xuthus, son of Hellen.

1440 BC | Ion, son of Xuthus, married Helice, daughter of Selinus, king of the Aegialians, succeeded Selinus, and founded Helice. [Paus.7.1.3-4]

1438 BC | Iron was discovered by chance during a forest fire on Mount Ida in Crete. [Cleme.Str.1.21]

** Telchines were the first to process iron and copper. [Strabo.14.2.7]

** Amathus in Cyprus produced copper. [Ovid.10.520]

** Idaean Dactyls of Aptera in Berecynthus of Crete were the first to invent the means of utilizing iron. [Diod.5.64.5]

** Idaean Dactyls of Crete invented the first method of wrought iron. [Pliny.7.197]

** Idaean Dactyls were the first manufacturers of iron. [FGrH.Nr333.F47]

** Men called Idaean Dactyls taught the smelting and tempering of iron in Crete. [Hesiod.Fr. ID.4]

** Celmis (and Damnameneus) of the Idaean Dactyls discovered iron in Ida of Crete, during the reign of Pandion of Athens. [Parian.Marble.11]

** The first Ideaan Dactyls, Celmis and Damnameneus, discovered iron in Cyprus. [Hesiod.ID.F2]

** Kelmis and Damnaneus, Idaean Dactyls, first discovered iron in Cyprus. [Cited by Hesiod's Fragment Cleme.Str.1.16, Euseb.Pra.10.6]

** Damnameneus, Scelmis were Telchines. [Nonnus.14.36]

** The Corybantes, the Cabeiri, the Idaean Dactyli, and the Telchines as identical with the Curetes were the same clan. [Strabo.10.3.7]

1435 BC | Achaeus, son of Xuthus, returns from Aegialus to Melitaea in Thessaly, gaining allies from Aegialus and Athens. [Paus.7.1.3]

1435 BC | Mimas, son of Aeolus, son of Hellen, migrated northwest from Melitaea and founded Arne. [Inferred from Paus.7.1.3, banished by Achaeus]

** Mimas's brothers Athamas and Sisyphus are also thought to have migrated from Melitaea to Arne.

1435 BC | Teucrus sailed from Aptera in Crete and landed near Hamaxitus in Troas. [Strabo.13.1.48]

** Associated with the discovery of iron in the Ideaan Dactyls some time earlier, probably before Cadmus stopped by Samothrace.

** Mount Ida was given the same name by the Teucrians as the mountain in Crete. [Strabo.13.1.48]

** The name of the town of Dardanus was earlier Teucrus. [StephByz.D218.1]

1433 BC|Idaean Dactyls, who accompanied Teucrus, discovered a promising vein of ore around Mount Ida and began processing iron. [Strabo.10.3.22]

1432 BC | Aeolus was born in Arne, Thessaly, the son of Hippotes and Melanippe. [Diod.4.67.3, Home.Od.10.2]

1431 BC|Idaean Dactyls migrated with Cabeiri to Lemnos, Imbros, and Samothrace. [Strabo.10.3.22]

1430 BC | Agenor migrated from Thebes in Egypt to Sidon in Phoenicia. [Diod.1.23.4, Pliny.5.76]

1430 BC | Danaus sailed from Chemmis in Egypt and landed at Lindus in Rhodes. [Apo.2.1.4, Diod.5.58.1]

1430 BC | Danaus lost three of his daughters at Lindus in Rhodes and built the temple of Athena. [Diod.5.58.1]

1430 BC | Danaus landed near Pyramia in Thyrea, on the border of Argos and Lacedaemon. [Plut.Pyrrhus.32]

** Danaus' final landing site was Apobathmi, near Lerna. [Paus.2.38.4]

** Cadmus [Dictys.5.17, Diod.3.67.1, Herod.5.58, Hyginus.277] and Danaus [Dictys.5.17, FGrH.Nr1.F20] transmitted the Phoenician alphabet.

** The Egyptians invented the alphabet, and the Phoenicians passed it on to the Greeks. [Tacit.Ann.11.14]

** It became the Greek alphabet when the Phoenicians, who migrated with Cadmus, brought it with them and their language became Greek. [Herod.5.58]

1430 BC | Danaus took control of Argos from Gelanor, son of Sthenelas (Stheneleus, Sthenelus). [Paus.2.16.1, Plut.Pyrrhus.32]

** Gelanor went into exile in Sicyon, where his people lived. [Estimated from Paus.2.6.5]

** There was a battle between Danaus and Gelanor. [Jerome.1475] Gelanor yielded to Danaus. [Apo.2.1.4]

** Gelanor was forced out of town in a civil war, and Danaus attacked and won the town. [Plut.Pyrr.32]

** Danaus claimed and took the kingship from Gelanor. [Paus.2.19.3, Paus.2.16.1]

1430 BC | Danaus' brother Aegyptus settled in Aroe (later Patrae) in the northwest of the Peloponnesus peninsula. At Aroe was the tomb of Aegyptus. [Paus.7.21.13]

1430 BC | Orus, believed to be the younger brother of Danaus, founded Oraea (later Troezen). [Paus.2.30.5]

1430 BC | Danaus' uncle Lelex settled in what would become Lacedaemon. [Apo.3.10.3, Paus.1.39.6, Paus.1.44.3]

1430 BC|Lelex moved to Megara, entrusting Lacedaemon to his son Myles. [Apo.3.10.3, Paus.1.39.6, Paus.1.44.3]

1430 BC | The husband of Lelex's daughter Therapne founded Therapne near Lacedaemon. [Paus.3.19.9, Strabo.7.7.2]

1430 BC | Dardanus emigrated from Metahydrium in Arcadia to Samothrace. [Antiq.1.61.3, Paus.8.36.1]

1430 BC | Cydon, Gortys, and Archedius migrated from Tegea to Crete and founded Cydonia, Gortyna, and Catreus. [Diod.5.80.1, Paus.8.53.4]

1430 BC | Parus, son of Parrhasius, son of Lycaon, migrated from Parrhasia in Arcadia to the island of Paros. [StephByz.P507.5, Dic: Parrhasius]

1430 BC | Celmis and Damnameneus discover iron in Cyprus. [Hesiod.ID.F2]

1429 BC | Cybele, one of the Cabeiri who went to Samothrace with the Idaean Dactyls, married Dardanus' brother Iasion. [Diod.5.49.2]

1426 BC | Cadmus, son of Agenor, sails from Sidon with a group of immigrants. [Diod.4.2.1, Isocrates.Helen.68, Ovid.Meta.3.120, Pliny.5.76]

** Cadmus, who was a citizen of Egyptian Thebes. [Diod.1.23.4]

1426 BC | Cadmus landed at Ialysus in Rhodes. [Diod.5.58.2]

** Ialysus in the northeast of the island was founded by Cercaphus' son Ialysus after the great tsunami in 1390 BC, so to be more precise, it is “the land that later became Ialysus.”

1425 BC | Archander, son of Achaeus, married Cyrene, daughter of Hypseus. [Diod.4.81.2, Hyginus.161, Nonnus.13.286]

1425 BC | The Sons of Rhodos (Heliadae) expel the Telchines from Rhodes. [Diod.5.56.1, Nonnus.14.36]

1425 BC | Lycus of Telchines moved from Rhodes to Lycia, near the Xanthus River, and dedicated a temple to Apollo Lycius. [Diod.5.56.1]

1425 BC | Astypalaea, daughter of Phoenix, who was among the Cadmus emigrants, married Ideaan Heracles of Aptera. [Estimated from Paus.7.4.1]

1425 BC | Europa, daughter of Phoenix, who was among the Cadmus emigrants, married Cydon, son of Tegeates, the founder of Cydonia. [Estimated]

1425 BC | Cadmus stopped at the island of Calliste (later the island of Thera), and some people settled on the island, led by Membliarus, son of Poeciles. [Herod.4.147]

1425 BC | Cadmus stopped at Samothrace, was initiated into the Mysteries, and married Harmonia. [Diod.5.48.5]

1425 BC | Lynceus, son of Aegyptus, married Hypermnestra, Danaus' eldest daughter. [Apo.2.2.1, Pindaros.622]

** Hypermnestra was the Priestess of the temple of Hera in Argos. [Newton.Chro.139]

1425 BC | Agenor's son Cilix moved to Cilicia near Mount Ida and founded Thebe. [Apo.3.1.1]

** Cilix's daughter Thebe married Corybas of Mount Ida, so Cilix probably named the town after her daughter. [Diod.5.49.3]

1424 BC | Aristaeus was born in Melitaea of Thessaly, to Archander and Cyrene, daughter of Hypseus. [Diod.4.81.2]

1423 BC | Abas was born in Argos between Lynceus and Hypermnestra. [Apo.2.2.1, Paus.2.16.2]

1422 BC | Cadmus discovered gold near Mount Pangaeus, north of the Chalcidice Peninsula. [Cleme.Str.1.16, Euseb.Pra.10.6, Strabo.14.5.28, Plin.7.197]

1422 BC | Cadmus' mother Telephassa died in Thracia. [Apo.3.4.1]

1420 BC |---- First tsunami of Aegean Sea ------

1420 BC | A huge tsunami hits Rhodes. [Diod.5.56.2]

1420 BC | Dardanus' wife Chryse, his son Idaeus, and brother Iasus of Samothrace, died in a tsunami. [Estimated]

1420 BC | Dardanus migrated to the Troad from Samothrace. [Apo.3.12.1, Diod.5.49.2, Hesiod.CW.F102]

1420 BC | The people who settled along the coast of Thracia with Cadmus were affected by a tsunami. [Estimated]

1420 BC | Danaus died and his son-in-law Lynceus inherited control of Argos. [Paus.2.16.1, Cleme.Str.1.21]

1420 BC | Cadmus migrated from Thracia to Boeotia and founded Cadmeia (later Thebes). [Herod.1.56, Strabo.8.7.1]

** Among Cadmus's immigrant group, there were people called Sparti (or Spartos) who were second in power to Cadmus. [Apo.3.4.2, Paus.9.5.3]

** Sparti was a leader who devised a tactic of forcing his troops to kneel before a battle, and when they were close enough to the enemy, to stand up with a roar, surprising and cowering the enemy. [Photoios.186.37]

** Cadmus and Danaus transmitted the Phoenician alphabet to Greece. [Dictys.5.17, Euseb.Pra.1.6]

** The Cadmus immigrant group also included Arabians, who settled in Euboea. [Strabo.10.1.8]

1420 BC | The Hyantes, who lived in Boeotia, were defeated by Cadmus and forced westward. [Paus.9.5.1, Paus.10.35.5]

** Hyantes lived around Onchestus. [Apollo.3.1240]

** Some of the Hyantes migrated to Aetolia. [Strabo.10.3.4]

** Later, when Aetolus migrated from Elis, it seems that the renamed Hyantes were in the land of Curetes (ancient name of Pleuron [Strabo.10.2.5]).

** Hyantes were barbarians. [Strabo.9.2.3]

** Thracians, chased by Boeotians and Orchomenians in 1126 BC, are thought to be Hyantes living in neighboring Hyampolis. [Strabo.9.2.3-4]

1420 BC|The Aonians, defeated in battle with Cadmus, were allowed to live in Glissas. [Nonnus.5.35, Paus.9.5.1]

1420 BC | The Gephyraeans, who came from Phoenicia with Cadmus, settled around Tanagra. [Herod.5.57, Strabo.9.2.10]

** Cephisus appears to have led the Gephyraeans. [Plut.QuestGr.40] Tanagra was called Gephyra. [FGrH.Nr1.F118]

1420 BC | Tectamus, son of Dorus, led a group of immigrants from Dryopis to Crete. [Diod.4.60.2, 5.80.2]

1420 BC | Achaeus migrated from Melitaea in Thessaly to Peloponnesus. [Paus.7.1.6, Strabo.8.7.1]

** Achaeus seems to have migrated to Aegialus, where he lived before going to Thessaly.

** Pausanias writes that two sons of Achaeus, Archander and Architeles, migrated from Phthiotis to Argos. [Paus.7.1.6]

** Strabo writes that Achaeus defected to Lacedaemon “guilty of negligent murder.” [Strabo.8.7.1]

** [Presumed] Achaeus and his sons returned to Aegialus, and Archander and Architeles married the daughters of Danaus.

** Joining Argos in the war against Sicyon, Archander lived in Argos and took guardianship of Abas.

** At this time, the inhabitants of the area from Aegialus to Argos were called Achaeans. Many Achaeans then migrated from Argos to Andania of Messenia, with Messene marrying Polycaon, son of Lelex, son of Lacedaemon. The inhabitants of the area from Argolis to parts of Messenia were called Achaeans.

1420 BC | Tereus migrated from Thracia to near Daulis in Phocis. [Strabo.7.7.1]

** Tereus was a Thracian and had his younger brother Dryas. [Hyginus.45]

** In the Cadmus period, the king of Edoni in the Strymon valley was Lycurgus, son of Dryas. [Apo.3.5.1-4]

** Tereus is thought to have been an Edoni that moved south with the Cadmus migration.

1420 BC | Dorus, son of Hellen, migrated from near Mount Ossa and Mount Olympus to Pindus between Mount Oeta and Mount Parnassus. [Herod.1.56]

** Dorus lived in Doris of Thessaly. [Strabo.9.5.17]

** The inhabitants of Pindus were called Macedni. [Herod.1.56, StephByz.D251.6]

** Dorus gathered the Dorians around Mount Parnassus and founded Pindus. [Ps-Scym.587, Strabo.8.7.1]

1420 BC | Heracles of Mount Ida led the people affected by the tsunami to migrate to Eleia. [Estimated from Paus.5.7.9]

** It seems that they decided where to migrate after hearing from Cydon, who founded Cydonia next to Aptera, where the Idaean Heracles lived.

1419 BC | Heracles of Mount Ida, five brothers, held the first competition at Olympia. [Paus.5.7.9]

** Idaean Heracles (Acmon) is thought to have been born in 1445 BC and was the oldest, so it seems that this happened around this time.

** The brothers ran a foot race and gave the winner an olive crown. [Paus.5.7.7]

** It was named the Olympia Festival Competition and was held every fifth year. [Paus.5.7.9]

1418 BC | Polydorus was born the son of Cadmus and Harmonia. [Apo.3.4.2]

1416 BC | The five Curetes of Crete drove out the Carians from Cheronesus, opposite the Rhodes, and founded five towns. [Diod.5.60.1]

** Estimated to be five brothers, including Ideaan Heracles, who first held competitions at Olympia. [Paus.5.7.9]

1415 BC | Eumolpus invaded Attica. [Strabo.7.7.1]

** Eumolpus, who fought Ion, was a Thracian. [Strabo.8.7.1] No other historical sources mentioned. [Aelian, Apo, Athen, Hyginus, Paus, Thucy.2.15]

** Eumolpus appears to be a descendant of Larissa, daughter of Pelasgus, who migrated from Argos to Thessaly for the following reasons.

** When Immaradus, son of Eumolpus, fought against Erechtheus of Athens, Scirus came from Dodona to support him. [Paus.1.36.4]

** At that time, Dodona was inhabited by the descendants of Larissa, daughter of Pelasgus, who had migrated to Thessaly. [Hyginus.225, Strabo.7.7.10]

** Eleusis was also inhabited by the descendants of Trochilus, a Mystery priest who had emigrated from Argos. [Paus.1.14.2]

** Trochilus defected from Argos to Eleusis around 1580 BC in a conflict with Agenor, brother of Larissa's father Pelasgus. [Paus.1.14.2]

** It is also possible that the Eumolpus invasion occurred in 1390 BC, when they were driven from Thessaly, rather than in 1415 BC, but this is ruled out for the following reasons.

** Ion (45) of Xuthus becomes quite old (70).

** The 6th Erechtheus (40) reigns instead of the 5th Pandion (55), eliminating the need for Ion to become polemarchos.

1415 BC | The Athenians took refuge for a time in Tanagra in Boeotia, where the Gephyraeans lived. [Suda.delta.1395]

** This evacuation made possible the marriage of Erechtheus and Praxithea. [Apo.3.15.1, Tzetzes.1.170]

1415 BC | Ion, son of Xuthus, became polemarchos at the recommendation of the Athenians and fought a truce with Eumolpus. [Herod.8.44, Paus.2.14.2, FGrH.333.176]

** After the battle, Eumolpus settled in Eleusis, so it seems likely that Eumolpus had the upper hand and Ion called for a truce. [Paus.2.14.2]

** A festival called Boedromia began to be held in Athens in honor of Ion who saved the Athenians. [FGrH.Nr333.F176, Suda.beta.357]

** Ion's mother was Creusa, the daughter of Erechtheus, the fourth king of Athens, and Pandion, king of Athens at the time, was Ion's uncle. [Paus.7.1.2]

** Ion was not living in Potami at the time of the Eumolpus invasion, and is thought to have arrived from Helice in Achaia. [Paus.7.1.3-4]

1415 BC | Celeus' brother Dysaules migrated from Eleusis to Celeae, near Phlius. [Paus.2.14.4]

1415 BC | Crocon, son of Triptolemus, son of Celeus, was the first Eleusinian to settle east of the River Rheiti on the border with Athens. [Paus. 1.38.2]

1415 BC | Triopas, son of Rhodos, with the help of his other brothers, killed his brother Tenages and fled to Caria. [Diod.5.57.2]

** Triopas, son of Erysichthon, founded Triopium (or Triopion) on the peninsula of Cnidus, opposite Rhodes. [Diod.5.61.1, StephByz.T636.1]

1415 BC | Macar, son of Rhodos, fled to Lesbos. [Diod.5.57.2]

1415 BC | Candalus, son of Rhodos, fled to the island of Cos. [Diod.5.57.2]

1415 BC | Auges (Actis, Actics, Atlas), son of Rhodos, emigrated from Rhodes to Egypt and founded Heliopolis. [Diod.5.57.2]

1415 BC | Athamas, son of Aeolus, founded Halus on the west coast of the Pagasetic Gulf. [Strabo.9.5.8]

1415 BC | Polydore, daughter of Danaus, married the son of Iphthime, who lived near the river Peneius. [Estimated from FGrH.Nr333.F8]

** It appears that what made Polydore's marriage possible was the marriage of her sisters Scaea and Automate with the sons of Achaeus. [Paus.7.1.6]

** Iphthime had three sons, Pherespondos, Lycos, and Pronomos. [Nonnus.14.105]

1415 BC | Deucalion, son of Dorus, migrated from Pindus to near Opus in Locris. [Strabo.9.4.2]

** Ozolian Locris was colonized from Locris on the other side of Euboea. [Ps-Scym.475]

** The first settler of Ozolian Locris appears to be Orestheus, son of Deucalion. [Athen.35b, Paus.10.38.1]

1413 BC | Deucalion's daughter Protogenia was married from Locris to Aeolus, son of Hippotes, who lived in Arne of Thessaly. [Apo.1.7.2, Paus.5.8.2]

1412 BC | Erechtheus, sixth king of Athens, married Praxithea. [Apo.3.15.1, Tzetzes.1.170]

** Cephisus, the father of Praxithea's mother Diogenia, is thought to be the chief of the Phoenicians who came to the area around Tanagra with Cadmus.

** The Phoenicians who immigrated with Praxithea brought Phoenician letters to Athens.

1410 BC | Orestheus, son of Deucalion, migrated from Epicnemidian Locris to Ozolian Locris. [Athen.35b, Paus.10.38.1, Ps-Scym.475]

1410 BC | Sandocus, son of Astynous, migrated from Tyre in Phoenicia to Cilicia and founded Celenderis. [Apo.3.14.3, MarceReg.30]

** Astynous was the son of Phaethon, son of Tithonus, son of Cephalus, son of Herse, daughter of Cecrops. [Apo.3.14.3]

** Searching for a place to settle with Sandocus, Pygmalion founded Carpasia in the northeastern part of Cyprus. [StephByz.K361.13]

1410 BC | Amphictyon, son of Deucalion, founded Antheia (or Anthela) near Thermopylae. [Herod.7.200]

1410 BC | Olenus, son of Anaxitea, daughter of Danaus, founded Olenus in Achaia. [FGrH.Nr334.F41]

1410 BC | Chthonius, son of Syme, daughter of Ialysus, settled with Triopas on the uninhabited island of Metapontis (later Syme). [Diod.5.53.1, StephByz.S591.17]

1408 BC | Lynceus died and his son Abas inherited control of Argos. [Apo.2.2.1, Paus.2.16.2]

1408 BC | Lamedon, son of Gelanor, exiled by Danaus, invaded and occupied Argos from Sicyon. [Paus.2.6.5 estimate]

1408 BC | Abas moved to Phocis and founded Abae. [Paus.10.35.1]

** It is unknown why Abas migrated to Phocis when Orus, who came with Danaus, was in Troezen and Lelex was in Lacedaemon and Megara.

1408 BC | Amphianax, son of Antimachus, son of Aegyptus, and Midea daughter of Danaus, migrated to Ptolis (later Mantineia). [Estimated from Strabo.8.3.2, Paus.8.12.7]

** Amphianax, like Abas, is thought to have been banished by Lamedon, son of Gelanor.

1408 BC | Archander, son of Achaeus, married Scaea, daughter of Danaus. [Paus.7.1.6]

1408 BC | Architeles, son of Achaeus, married Automate, daughter of Danaus. [Paus.7.1.6]

1407 BC | Archander and Architeles, sons of Achaeus, fought against Lamedon. [Paus.2.6.5]

** Pausanias writes that Archander fought with Lamedon, son of Coronus of Sicyon, but in different times. [Paus.2.6.5]

** This Lamedon appears to be the son of Gelanor, who was exiled from Argos by Danaus.

1407 BC | Orthopolis of Sicyon made peace by marrying his daughter to Marathonius, son of Deucalion, and ceding Sicyon. [Estimated from Euseb.Chron.175]

** Deucalion of Locris also appears to have joined the sons of Achaeus as a kin.

** From this time on, the royal line of Sicyon passed from the descendants of Inachus to the descendants of Deucalion of Thessaly.

1407 BC | Sisyphus, son of Aeolus, migrated from Arne of Thessaly to near Sicyon and founded Ephyra (later Corinth). [Apo.1.9.3]

** Sisyphus also appears to have joined the sons of Achaeus as a kin.

** After this, the people of Thessaly immigrated to various parts of Argolis, such as Sicyon and Corinth, and it is thought that the name Achaeans became established.

1407 BC | Abas returned to Argos from Abae, and his uncle-in-law Archander took him under his wing. [Estimated from Paus.2.6.5]

1407 BC | Aristaeus married Autonoe, daughter of Cadmus. [Apo.3.4.2, Diod.4.81.3, Paus.10.17.4]

1406 BC | Actaeon was born between Aristaeus and Autonoe. [Diod.4.81.3]

** Diodorus calls this Aristaeus was the son of Cyrene, but he seems to be a different person or a creation.

** If Aristaeus is Cyrene's son, then Aristaeus will not be able to go to Egypt with his father Archander.

1405 BC | Polycaon, son of Lelex of Lacedaemon, founded Andania in Messenia. [Paus.4.1.2]

** Many Achaeans from Argos, the birthplace of Polycaon's wife Messene, participated in the founding of Andania. [Estimated]

** When Polycaon's descendants died out, he received a successor from Thessaly. [Paus.4.2.2]

** The inhabitants of Andania are believed to be Achaeans who migrated from Thessaly to the area around Argos with the sons of Achaeus.

** Although a branch of Lacedaemon, the region was called Messene, not Lacedaemon, after Polycaon's wife Messene. [Paus.4.1.2]

1405 BC | Nauplius, son of Amymone, daughter of Danaus, founded Nauplia near Tiryns. [Paus.4.35.2, Paus.2.38.2]

1405 BC | Arcas, son of Callisto, founded Trapezus in Arcadia. [Hyginus.176, 275]

1402 BC | Archander, son of Achaeus, migrated to the NileDelta of Egypt and founded Archandropolis. [Herod.2.98, Paus.7.1.6]

** Archander was accompanied by Cyrene, whom he had married in Thessaly, and his son Aristaeus. [Diod.4.81.1, 4.82.4]

1402 BC | Triptolemus, son of Celeus, gave seeds of cultivated grain to Arcas of Arcadia. [Paus. 8.4.1]

1402 BC | Arcas, son of Callisto, married Meganira, daughter of Crocon, son of Triptolemus. [Apo.3.9.1]

** It is thought that Meganira's grandfather Triptolemus visited Arcadia.

1401 BC | Abas married Aglaia, daughter of Mantineus of Ptolis (later Mantineia) in Arcadia. [Apo.2.2.1]

1400 BC | Triptolemus visited Eumelus in Achaia and taught him grain cultivation and town building. [Paus.7.18.2]

** Triptolemus was the son of Celeus, son of Rharus, son of Cranaus, son of Io.

** Eumelus was the son of Aegyptus, son of Belus, son of Libya, daughter of Epaphus, son of Io.

1400 BC | Eumelus founded Aroe (later Patrae) in Achaia. [Paus.7.18.2]

**Eumelus seems to be the son of Aegyptus, brother of Danaus, whose tomb was in Aroe

1400 BC | Eumelus and Triptolemus jointly founded Antheia near Aroe. [Paus.7.18.3]

1400 BC | Proetus and Acrisius were born in Argos, twin sons of Abas and Aglaia. [Pindaros.418]

1400 BC | Thasus, son of Cilix, son of Agenor, settled on the island of Thasus from Thebe near Mount Ida. [Estimated from Herod.2.44]

1392 BC | Itonus, son of Amphictyon, moved from Locris to the west coast of the Pagasetic Gulf at Thessaly and founded Itonus. [Paus.9.1.1]

** Athamas, son of Aeolus, son of Hellen. Itonus, son of Dorus, son of Hellen, son of Deucalion, son of Amphictyon

** In other words, Itonus seems to have moved near Halus with the help of his grandfather's cousin Athamas, who founded Halus.

1391 BC | Actaeon, son of Autonoe, daughter of Cadmus, was bitten to death by a domestic dog. [Apo.3.4.4, Diod.4.81.3, Paus.10.30.5]

** Actaeon died while hunting on Mount Cithaeron. [Apo.3.4.4, Tzetzes.6.560]

** Like Agave's son Pentheus, he was probably attacked by a lion.

** The European lion lived between the Achelous and Nestus rivers. [Herod.7.126, Pliny.8.45]

** Lions in Europe are stronger than lions in Africa or Syria. [Arist.HA.8.28.5, Pliny.8.45]

1391 BC | Autonoe, daughter of Cadmus, mourns the death of her son Actaeon and migrates to Megara. [Paus.1.44.5]

1390 BC |---- Second tsunami of Aegean Sea ------

1390 BC | The Pelasgians migrated from Thessaly, pursued by the sons of Deucalion. [Antiq.1.17.3, Antiq.1.28.3, Diod.5.61.1, FGrH.4.4]

1390 BC | Most of the Pelasgians, driven from Thessaly, took refuge around Dodona. [Antiq.1.18.2]

1390 BC | Some of the Pelasgians founded Spina (now Comacchio) south of the Padus River estuary on the Italian peninsula. [Antiq.1.18.3, Just.20.1]

1390 BC | Canopus in Egypt was also affected by a tsunami, and Sardus, son of Maceris, led a group of immigrants to the island of Sardinia. [Paus.10.17.2]

1390 BC | Dius the Pelasgian emigrated from Thessaly to Metapontium in the southern part of the Italian peninsula with Itonus' wife Melanippe. [Strabo.6.1.15]

1390 BC | Athamas, son of Aeolus, lost Halus on the west coast of the Pagasetic Gulf in a tsunami and migrated to Boeotia. [Apo.1.9.3, Paus.9.34.7, Strabo.9.5.8]

** Athamas lived on the Athamantian Plain between Lake Copais and Acraephnium near Mt. Ptous. [Paus.9.24.1]

** Athamas founded Acraephnium (or Acraephium), and his son Ptous left his name on the nearby mountain. [StephByz.A63.10]

1390 BC | The Encheleans, who lived near Lake Copais, migrated to Illyria. [FGrH.Nr4.F50]

** The migration of the Encheleans seems to have been caused by the settlement of Athamas.

** The settlement of the Encheleans was near the Rizous River. [PsScylax.25]

1390 BC | Cadmus migrated at the request of the Encheleans of Illyria. [Apo.3.5.4, Apollo.4.507, Paus.9.5.3, Strabo.7.7.8]

** Cadmus' final resting place was Butoe (or Buthoe, now Budva) in Illyria. [FGrH.Nr790.F32]

** Accompanying them was Epirus, the daughter of Cadmus's daughter Agave and Echion. [Parthe.32]

1390 BC | Polydorus, son of Cadmus, became king of Thebes. [Apo.3.5.5]

1390 BC | The sons of Hyrieus, Nycteus and Lycus, killed Phlegyas and fled from Euboea to Hyria. [Apo.3.5.5]

** Euboea is probably an ancient name for Hyria near Aulis. Hyria is thought to be Hysiae at the foot of Cithaeron. [Strabo.9.2.12]

** So Nycteus and Lycus migrated from Hyria near Aulis to the foot of Cithaeron and founded Hysiae. [FGrH.Nr333.F5]

1390 BC | Dryops, the son of Polydore and Iphthime’s son, migrated from near the river Peneius to near the river Spercheius. [FGrH.Nr333.F8]

** Iphthime had three sons, Pherespondos, Lycos, and Pronomos. [Nonnus.14.105]

** Aristotle says that the Dryopians came out to Dryopia from near the river Spercheius. [Strabo.8.6.13]

** Dryops, son of Danaus' daughter Polydore, is thought to be the progenitor of the Dryopians.

1390 BC | Three sons of Aeolus, Macareus, Perieres and Aethlius, emigrated from Arne in Thessaly to Peloponnesus. [Diod.5.81.2-4]

** Aeolis expanded his territory westward from Locris and crossed the strait into Peloponnesus.

** Aetolia was already inhabited by part of the Hyantes who were chased by Cadmus and may have crossed the strait. [Strabo.10.3.4]

1390 BC | Macareus, son of Aeolus, married the daughter of Olenus. [Estimated from Diod.5.81.4]

1390 BC | Perieres, son of Aeolus, married the daughter of Olenus. [Deduced from the marriage of Pisus, son of Perieres, and Telegon, daughter of Pharis of Pharae]

** Perieres became Olenus' son-in-law, and his son Pisus was born in Olenus. Later, Pisus seems to have emigrated from Olenus and founded Pisa.

1390 BC | Aethlius, son of Aeolus, migrated to Eleia and founded Elis. [Paus.5.1.3]

** The river Peneius, which flows through Elis, was probably named by those who migrated with Aethlius. [Strabo. 8.3.2]

1390 BC|Archandropolis in Egypt was also hit by a tsunami, and Belus, presumed to be Archander's son, sailed to Greece. [Estimated]

1390 BC | Sisyphus' son Aeetes left Ephyraea (later Corinth) with Bunus and moved to Colchis in search of a new world. [Paus.2.3.10]

** Bunus founded the temple of Hera on Corinth. [Paus.2.4.7]

** Bunus' mother Alcidamea therefore appears to have been a priestess in the temple of Hera at Argos.

** (Reason) Sisyphus' family is a descendant of Deucalion of Thessaly and seems to have little connection to the Hera faith.

** After the battle between Sicyon and Argos, Alcidamea, believed to be the daughter of Lamedon, son of Gelanor, was married to Almus, son of Sisyphus.

1390 BC | Cinyras, son of Sandocus, migrated from Celenderis in Cilicia to the southwest coast of Cyprus and founded Palaepaphos. [Apo.3.14.3]

1390 BC | Teleboas, son of Therapne, daughter of Lelex, migrated to western Acarnania. [Paus.3.19.9]

** According to Aristotle, the Leleges and Teleboans lived in western Acarnania. [Strabo.7.7.2]

1390 BC | Aristaeus migrated to the island of Ceos. [Apollo.2.528, Diod.4.82.1]

** Participants included the Parrhasians, descendants of Lycaon (a major tribe from the founding of Arcadia). [Apollo.2.528]

1389 BC | The Pelasgians, led by Janus, migrated from Perrhaebia in Thessaly to Velia (Cutilia), east of the Reate. [Antiq.1.20.2, Plut.Mor.269a]

1389 BC | Macareus, son of Aeolus, led an immigrant group that included Ionians and Pelasgians to Pelasgia (Lesbos). [Diod.5.81.2 - 4]

** In the summer of 1389 BC, a plague spread throughout Greece. [Diod.4.82.2]

1389 BC | Autonoe died at Megara. [Paus.1.44.5]

1389 BC | Three sons of Cercaphus, Lindus, Ialysus, and Cameirus, founded three towns in Rhodes. [Diod.5.57.8, Strabo.14.2.8]

1388 BC|Melanippe, daughter of Aeolus, gave birth to Boeotus in Metapontium. [Paus.9.1.1, 7.4, Diod.4.67.4, Diod.19.53]

1388 BC | Triopas, in conflict with the natives of Thessaly, migrated to Cheronesus in Caria and founded Triopium. [Diod.5.61.2, StephByz.T636.1]

1387 BC | Thyia, daughter of Deucalion, married from Locris to Aeolus, son of Hippotes, who lived in Arne of Thessaly. [Apo.1.7.3, Hesiod.CW.F3]

1387 BC | Abas died at Argos. [Estimated from Euseb.157]

** Abas ruled for 23 years. [Euseb.157]

1387 BC | Proetus, son of Abas, expelled Acrisius and ruled over Argos for 17 years. [Euseb.157]

1387 BC | Acrisius, son of Abas, exiled from Argos to Chemmis in Egypt. [Estimated]

** Acrisius married during his exile and had a daughter, Danae. Danae gave birth to Perseus in Chemmis.

** Acrisius is presumed to have defected to Archander, the guardian of his father Abas.

1385 BC | The husband of Peneius' daughter Tricca founded Tricca in Thessaly. [Estimated from Steph.T635.1]

1385 BC | Caucon visited Andania in Messenia from Eleusis and introduced the Mysteries of the Great Goddess to Messene. [Paus.4.26.8]

** Caucon was the grandson of Messene's sister Celaeno.

1385 BC | Sancus moved to Testruna. [Antiq.1.16.1, Antiq.2.49.2]

1384 BC | Aethlius held a competition at Olympia. [Euseb.Chron.191]

1381 BC | Acrisius married Aganippe. [Hyginus.63]

1380 BC | Schoeneus, son of Athamas, founded Schoeneus, about 9 km northeast of Thebes. [Apo.1.9.2, Paus.8.35.10, Strabo.9.2.22]

1380 BC | Andreus, son of Aeolus, migrated from Arne to Boeotia and founded Orchomenus. [Paus.9.34.7]

** Athamas, son of Aeolus, ceded the land near Orchomenus to Andreus, son of Aeolus. [Paus.9.34.7]

** << Pausanias theory seems to be the opposite >>

** In 1390 BC, the Athamas, who had lost their land in a tsunami, settled in Boeotia, which was then a suitable place for migration.

** His kin Andreus emigrated from Arne in favor of Athamas. Later, with the development of Orchomenus, a contrary story seems to have been disseminated.

** Andreus was the son of Aeolus, son of Hippotes, son of Mimas, son of Aeolus, son of Hellen.

** Athamas was the son of Aeolus, son of Hellen. So Athamas is the brother of Andreus' great grandfather Mimas.

1380 BC | Danae was born as the daughter of Acrisius. [Herod.6.54, Hyginus.63]

1380 BC | Phares, son of Phylodameia, daughter of Danaus, founded Pharae in the middle reaches of the Peirus River in Achaia. [Paus.7.22.5]

1380 BC | Phineus, son of Belus, moved to the southwestern coast of the Black Sea and founded Salmydessus. [Apo.1.9.21, Apo.2.1.4, Herod.7.61]

1377 BC | Polydorus, son of Cadmus, married Nycteis, daughter of Nycteus, son of Chthonius. [Apo.3.5.5]

1375 BC | Labdacus was born as the son of Polydorus and Nycteis. [Apo.3.5.5]

1375 BC | Proetus founded a temple of Hera at Sicyon. [Paus.2.12.2]

1375 BC | Epopeus, son of Aloeus, was adopted by his maternal grandfather Aeolus, who lived in Arne of Thessaly. [Paus.2.6.1 estimation]

1375 BC | Galepsus, the son of Thasus, migrated from the island of Thasus to the mainland and founded Galepsus. [FGrH.Nr1.F152, StephByz.G197.11]

1372 BC | Aristaeus returned to Egypt from the island of Ceos and led a group of immigrants to Sardinia. [Diod.4.82.4, Paus.10.17.3]

1372 BC | Messapus migrated from Hyria in Boeotia to the southeastern part of the Italian peninsula. [Pliny.3.99, Strabo.9.2.13, StephByz.M447.12]

** It was called Messapia from the name of Messapus. [Pliny.3.99]

** From the names of Hyria in Messapia and Mount Messapius near Hyria in Boeotia, Messapus is presumed to be the son of Hyrieus of Hyria. [Paus.9.22.5]

** The time of migration is thought to be around the time when all of Greece, including Boeotia, was struck by misfortune, and Aristaeus migrated to the island of Sardinia. [Diod.4.82.2, Paus.10.17.3]

1372 BC | Leucon, son of Athamas and Themisto, died of illness. [Paus.9.34.7]

1371 BC | Coronus, son of Thersander, was adopted by Athamas and founded Coroneia southwest of Copais Lake in Boeotia. [Paus.9.34.8]

1371 BC | Haliartus, son of Thersander, was adopted by Athamas and founded Haliartus in a land near Thebes from Coroneia. [Paus.9.34.8]

** Athamas was the brother of Sisyphus, the father of Thersander.

1371 BC | The Hyantes, chased by Cadmus near Onchestus, migrated to Hyampolis in Phocis. [Apollo.3.1240, Paus.9.5.1, Paus.10.35.5]

1371 BC | Morgetes and Siceli migrated from southwestern Italy to the island of Sicily, chased by the Oenotrians. [Strabo.6.1.6]

** It is thought that the migration of the Pelasgians of Thessaly and Messapus caused a movement of inhabitants.

1370 BC | Acrisius expelled Proetus and ruled Argos for 31 years. [Euseb.Chron.157]

** Acrisius appears to have returned to Argos, leaving his wife Aganippe and his daughter Danae in Egypt.

1370 BC | Proetus defected to Amphianax of Ptolis in Arcadia. [Apo.2.2.1]

** Aegyptus, the father of Amphianax, the father of Antimachus, was the father of Lynceus, the father of Abas, the father of Proetus.

** In other words, Proetus went into exile with the help of his father Abas's cousin Amphianax.

1370 BC | Proetus married Stheneboea, daughter of Amphianax. [Apo.2.2.1]

** Homer makes Proetus' wife Anteia. [Home.Il.6.144]

** Homer confuses Corinth with Proetus, son of Thersander, son of Sisyphus. [FGrH.Nr333.F170]

** Amphianax's two daughters, Stheneboea and Anteia, are married to Proetus, son of Abas and son of Thersander, both of the same name.

1370 BC | Boeotus, son of Melanippe, daughter of Aeolus, returned from Italy to Arne of Thessaly and succeeded his grandfather Aeolus. [Diod.4.67.6]

1370 BC | Epopeus, son of Aloeus, returned to Sicyon from Arne of Thessaly. [Paus.2.6.1]

1370 BC | Polydorus dies. Because Labdacus, the son of Polydorus, was young, Nycteus became his guardian. [Paus.2.6.2, Paus.9.5.4]

** Labdacus is estimated to be 5 years old at the time.

** Polydorus was killed by Pentheus, son of Agave, daughter of Cadmus. [Nonnus.5.190]

** Pentheus was killed by Dionysus, son of Semele. [Tzetzes.6.580] Labdacus' guardian Nycteus was probably also involved.

1370 BC | Macareus' eldest son settled on the island of Chios from Lesbos. [Diod.5.81.8]

** The island of Chios was inhabited by Carians and Leleges.

** Macareus' eldest son married Parthenope, daughter of Ancaeus, son of Astypalaea, daughter of Phoenix, son of Agenor, and they had a son, Chios. [Paus.7.4.1, Strabo.14.1.3]

1370 BC | Cydrolaus, son of Macareus, emigrated from Lesbos to Samos. [Diod.5.81.8]

1370 BC | Eleuther, son of Aethusa, migrated south from Hyria across Mount Cithaeron and founded Eleutherae. [StephByz.E265.10]

1368 BC | Proetus returned from Arcadia and occupied Tiryns. [Apo.2.2.1]

1368 BC | Proetus fought against Acrisius east of Argos, losing some casualties but not winning or losing. [Paus.2.25.7]

1368 BC | Proetus made peace with Acrisius and took possession of the Primorsky region of Tiryns, Heraeum, Mideia, and Argolis. [Paus.2.16.2]

** Proetus lived in Tiryns. [Paus.2.16.2]

1365 BC | Almus, son of Sisyphus, founded Almones on land ceded by Eteocles, son of Andreus, king of Orchomenus. [Paus.9.34.10]

** Eteocles was the son of Andreus, son of Aeolus, son of Hippotes, son of Mimas, son of Aeolus, son of Hellen.

** Almus was the son of Sisyphus, son of Aeolus, son of Hellen.

** Almus was a cousin of Eteocles' great-grandfather Hippotes.

1365 BC | Melanippe's son Aeolus moved to the island of Lipara, northeast of Sicily, and married Liparus' daughter Cyane. [Diod.5.7.5-6]

1365 BC | Amphion and Zethus were born the sons of Antiope, daughter of Nycteus, son of Hyrieus (or Chthonius). [Apo.3.5.5, Home.Od.11.260]

** Estimated by counting backwards from Lycus's guardianship period and the year of marriage.

1365 BC | Nycteus dies from injuries sustained in battle with Epopeus. [Paus.2.6.2]

1365 BC|Nycteus' younger brother Lycus succeeded Labdacus as guardian. [Paus.9.5.5]

1365 BC | Cydrolaus, son of Macareus, emigrated from Lesbos to the island of Samos. [Diod.5.81.7-8]

1365 BC | Lapithus, the founder of the Lapiths, son of Aeolus, migrated from Arne to the area north of the Peneius River near Pharcadon. [Diod.4.69.2]

1365 BC | The sons of Boreas, Zetes and Calais, migrated to the island of Peuce (land of the Hyperboreans). [Hesiod.CW.F40]

1365 BC | Macareus of Lesbos emigrated his son to Chios. [Diod.5.81.7]

1365 BC | The Teleboans settled on the Leucas Peninsula in western Acarnania. [Strabo.7.7.2]

1365 BC | Deion, son of Aeolus, son of Hippotes, migrated from Arne to Phocis. [Apo.1.9.4]

1362 BC | Danae married Pilumnus, son of Metanastes. [Comments of Views on August.City.18.13]

** Danae's husband appears to be the son of Archander's son Metanastes.

** Perseus was born in Chemmis of Egypt. Danae's husband appears to have been a Chemmis. [Diod.4.9.1, Diod.1.24.8, Herod.2.91]

** Metanastes' mother Scaea spent her childhood in Chemmis before her father Danaus emigrated from Egypt. [Herod.2.91]

** Perseus' wife Andromeda was born in Ethiopia. [Apo.2.4.3, Plin.6.182]

** The founder of Ethiopia is believed to have been an immigrant from Egypt, Belus, son of Archander. [Apo.2.1.4, Herod.7.61, Strabo.1.3.21]

1362 BC | During the time of Eteocles, son of Andreus, several meteorites fell on Orchomenus. [Paus.9.38.1]

1360 BC | Elatus, son of Arcas, married Laogore, daughter of Cinyras and Metharme, who lived in Palaepaphos, southwest of Cyprus. [Apo.3.9.1]

1360 BC | Aloeus, son of Aloeus, son of Sisyphus, emigrated from Sicyon to Anthedon. [Paus.9.22.6]

** Schoinos, about half way from Anthedon to Thebes, was founded by Schoenus, son of Athamas. Schoenus was a cousin of Aloeus' father.

** Aeetes, son of Sisyphus, brother of Aloeus' father, migrated to Colchis. Anthedon was well positioned for the voyage to Colchis.

1360 BC | Phlegyas, son of Almus, founded Phlegyas. He gathered warriors called Phlegyans into the city. [Paus.9.36.2]

** Phlegyas lived near the Cephisian lake. [Hymns.3.277]

** Phlegyes lived near Thebes. [FGrH.Nr333.F41]

1360 BC | Perseus was born in Chemmis of Egypt, the son of Danae and Pilumnus. [Diod.4.9.1, Diod.1.24.8, Herod.2.91]

1360 BC | Asterios, son of Minos, son of Europa, migrated to Colchis. [Nonnus.13.222]

1360 BC | Presbon, son of Phrixus, emigrated with his brother Melas from Colchis to Boeotia, where his grandfather Athamas lived. [Paus.9.34.8]

** Athamas was still alive.

** Presbon was to inherit the lands of Athamas other than the lands that Athamas had given to his adopted sons, Haliartus and Coronus. [Paus.9.34.8]

** It is thought that he had contact with Colchis even after returning to Presbon.

** The port of the voyage to Colchis appears to be Anthedon, where Aloeus, son of Sisyphus, settled. [Estimated from Paus.9.22.6]

** The migration of Presbon and Melas may be related to the migration of Asterios to Colchis. [Nonnus.13.222]

1357 BC | Acrisius married Eurydice of Lacedaemon. [Apo.3.10.3, Paus.3.13.8]

1357 BC | Labdacus came of age and Lycus' guardianship was lifted. [Paus.9.5.5]

1356 BC | Oineus, son of Phytius of Amphissa, took Amphissa, daughter of Macar of Lesbos, as his wife. [Estimated from Paus.10.38.4]

** Amphissa is named after Amphissa, daughter of Macar, son of Aeolus. [Paus.10.38.4]

1355 BC | Danae gave birth to a son, Daunus. [Dic: Daunus]

1355 BC | Cleitor, son of Azan, founded Cleitor in northern Arcadia. [Paus.8.4.5]

1352 BC | Immaradus, son of Eumolpus, fought Erechtheus of Athens and both were killed. [Paus.1.38.3]

** The rites of Eleusis were inherited by Eumolpus and the daughters of Celeus, and afterwards by Eumolpus, son of Chione. [Paus.1.38.3]

1352 BC | Scirus was killed in battle while flying from Dodona to support Eleusis. [Paus.1.36.4]

1352 BC | Eumolpus, son of Chione, came from Thracia to support Eleusis. [Estimated from Paus.1.27.4 and Paus.1.38.2]

** There is no direct tradition of support for Chione's son Eumolpus. There is a tomb of Eumolpus in Eleusis. Descendants of Eumolpus lived in Eleusis.

** Eumolpus, who fought against the Athenians, was a Thracian. From the above, it is assumed that Eumolpus rushed to support Eleusis. [Paus.1.38.2]

** On the Athenian side, at the request of the descendants of the sons of Ion, son of Xuthus, son of Hellen, it is thought that Sicyon and Corinth, their kin, rushed to support Athenians.

** From Sicyon, Lamedon, son of Coronus, son of Marathonius, son of Deucalion, son of Dorus, son of Hellen, appears to have joined. [Paus.2.6.5]

** From Corinth, it seems that Marathon, son of Epopeus, son of Aloeus, son of Sisyphus, son of Aeolus, son of Hellen, participated. [Paus.2.1.1]

** Marathon seems to have been able to marry Erechtheus' daughter in support of this battle. [Newton.173]

1352 BC | Cecrops, son of Erechtheus, becomes the seventh king of Athens. [Paus.1.5.3]

1350 BC | Marathon, son of Epopeus, could no longer bear the tyranny of his father and moved from Sicyon to a seaside town in Attica. [Paus.2.1.1]

1350 BC | Aspledon, son of Orchomenus, founded Aspledon north of Orchomenus in Boeotia. [Paus.9.38.9, Strabo.9.2.41]

1350 BC | The Phlegyans of Boeotia ravaged Delpi. [Paus.9.36.2]

1350 BC | Acrisius organized the Amphictyons. [Strabo.9.3.7]

** Acrisius of Argos, where many Achaians had come to live, seems to have organized themselves to fight the Phlegyans at the request of Locrians and Phocians.

** The first tribes of the Amphictyons - Ionians, Dolopes, Thessalians, Aenianians, Magnesians, Malians, Phthiotians, Dorians, Phocians, Locrians who border on Phocis, living at the bottom of Mount Cnemis. [Paus .10.8.2]

** Ionians, Dolopes, Aenianians, Magnesians, Molians, Phthiotians, Dorians, Phocians, Perrhaiboi, Boiotians, Achaians, Delphians [Suda.Alpha.1736]

** Thessalians, Boeotians, Dorians, Ionians, Perrhaebi, Magnetes, Dolopians, Locrians, Oitaeans, Phthiotians, Malians, Phocians [Aeschines.116]

1350 BC | Philammon of Argos was killed in battle against the Phlegyans who ravaged Delhpi. [Paus.9.36.2]

** Philammon is thought to be the son of Acrisius, as he led the elite of Argos. [Paus.9.36.2]

1350 BC | Amyclas, son of Lacedaemon, married Diomede, daughter of Lapithus. [Apo.3.10.3]

** Amyclas' sister Eurydice was the wife of Acrisius of Argos, and Amyclas and Acrisius were brothers-in-law. [Apo.3.10.3, Paus.3.13.8]

** When Acrisius organized the Amphictyons, he probably became acquainted with Lapithus of Thessaly and brokered the marriage of his brother-in-law. [Strabo.9.3.7]

** Aeolis, who migrated from Thessaly with Diomede, was the first to settle in Lacedaemon.

1350 BC | Elatus, son of Arcas, led the Arcadians against the Phlegyans. [Paus.8.4.4, Paus.10.34.2]

1350 BC | Elatus, son of Arcas, founded Elateia in Phocis. [Paus.8.4.4]

1350 BC | Macedon, son of Aeolus, migrated from Arne to near Mount Olympus. [Hesiod.CW.F3, Strabo.7.8.2]

1350 BC | Hippomenes, son of Haliartus, migrated from Haliartus to Thebes and founded Oncestus. [Paus.9.26.5]

1350 BC | Magnes, son of Aeolus, together with his brother Macedon, emigrated from Arne to near Mount Olympus. [Apo.1.7.3, Paus.6.21.11, Hesiod.Women.3]

1350 BC | Cretheus, son of Aeolus, migrated from Arne to the north coast of the Pagasetic Gulf and founded Iolcus. [Apo.1.9.11]

1349 BC | With no successor left, Acrisius brought Perseus, son of Danae, from Egypt back to Argos. [Estimated from Plut.Mor.106a]

1348 BC | Proetus invited Cyclopes from Lycia to strengthen the walls of Tiryns. [Apo.2.2.1, Paus.2.16.5, Paus.2.25.8, Strabo.8.6.11]

** The Cyclopes were seven people and lived in a cave near Nauplia. [Strabo.8.6.2, Strabo.8.6.11]

1348 BC | Pisus, son of Perieres, took as his wife Telegone, daughter of Pharis, from Pharae near Olenus. [Described in River God of Greece]

1347 BC | Pharis, son of Phylodameia, daughter of Danaus, founded Pharae near the mouth of the Nedon River, which flows into the Gulf of Messenia. [Paus.4.30.2]

** Pharis gave the same name to the town founded by his brother Phares on the middle reaches of the Peirus River in Achaia. [Paus.7.22.5]

1345 BC | Amphion and Zethus settled near Thespiae and founded Eutresis. [Strabo.9.2.28]

1345 BC | Pisus, son of Perieres, migrated from Olenus to near the Alpheius River and founded Pisa. [Paus.6.22.2]

1343 BC | Perseus killed his grandfather's brother Proetus. [Hyginus.244]

1343 BC | Perseus flees to the island of Seriphus and is sheltered by Dictys and his wife Clymene. [Apo.2.4.1, Hyginus.63]

** Dictys and his wife Clymene are Perseus' saviors, and both have altars in Athens. Clymene appears to have ties to Athens. [Paus.2.18.1]

** Theory that Polydectes and Dictys are the sons of Magnes. [Apo.1.9.6, Hesiod.CW.F3]

Dictys, son of Aeolus, son of Hellen, son of Aeolus, son of Mimas, son of Hippotes, son of Magnes.

Perseus, son of Pilumnus, son of Metanastes, son of Archander, son of Achaeus, son of Hellen.

** Theory that Polydectes and Dictys are the sons of Peristhenes. [FGrH.Nr333.F4]

Dictys, son of Peristhenes, son of Damastor, son of Nauplius, son of Amymone, daughter of Danaus.

Perseus, son of Danae, daughter of Acrisius, son of Abas, son of Hypermnestra, daughter of Danaus.

** Both versions mention the names of the brothers Polydectes and Dictys, but do not specify their relationship to Seriphus.

** According to the former theory, the relationship with Perseus is weak, and the distance from Magnesia in Thessaly to Seriphus Island is also far.

** The latter theory suggests that Abas and his cousin Nauplius lived in nearby towns and were related to each other. It is also close to Nauplia and Seriphus.

** Therefore, the brothers Polydectes and Dictys of the island of Seriphus appear to be great-grandsons of Nauplius, son of Amymone, daughter of Danaus.

** Seriphus Island may have been a supply base for the route connecting Argos to Crete and Egypt.

** The island of Seriphus may have been used for fishing and trading by the inhabitants of Nauplia, near Tiryns, founded by Nauplius, son of Amymone, daughter of Danaus, even before the Dictys brothers settled it. Nauplius' father was one who came over with Danaus. [Paus.4.35.2]

1341 BC | Danae led a colony from Egypt to the island of Sardinia when she was blown away by a strong wind and washed ashore on the western coast of the Italian peninsula. [Virg.Aene.7.409]

** Sardinia was visited by Sardus, son of Maceris (1390 BC), and Aristaeus, son of Archander (1372 BC), leading colonies from Egypt.

1341 BC | Danae founded Ardea, 30 km south-east of Rome. [Pliny.3.56, Virg.Aene.7.409]

** The Danae colony likely included Achaeans and Pelasgians who migrated from Argos to Egypt.

1340 BC | Cytissorus, son of Phrixus, migrated from Colchis to the southern coast of the Pontus Sea and founded Cytorus. [Diod.4.72.2, Strabo.12.3.10]

1340 BC | Zethus, son of Antiope, took Thebe, daughter of Physcius, from Locris to be his wife. [Apo.3.5.6]

1340 BC | Faunus, son of Aethex, along with the Aborigines drove the Umbrians from Croton, north of Lake Trasimene. [Antiq.1.20.4, Ita.5.1]

** Arnus, son of Faunus, was a descendant of the Pelasgians who migrated from Thessaly. [Herod.1.57]

1340 BC | Aspledon, son of Orchomenus, founded Mideia, named after his mother, about 10 km southwest of Orchomenus. [Paus.9.39.1]

1340 BC | Lesbos, son of Lapithus, led a colony from Thessaly and migrated to Lesbos, where he married Methyma, daughter of Macareus. [Diod.5.81.6]

1340 BC | Macareus of Lesbos emigrated his son Neandrus to the island of Cos. [Diod.5.81.8]

1340 BC | Macareus of Lesbos sent his son Leucippus to Rhodes. [Diod.5.81.8]

1340 BC | Clymenus, son of Cardys, migrated from Cydonia in Crete to Olympia. [Paus.5.8.1, Strabo.8.3.30]

** This was about 50 years after the great flood of Deucalion's time. [Paus.5.8.1]

1339 BC | Clymenus, son of Cardys, held competitions at Olympia. [Paus.5.8.1]

1339 BC | Acrisius died in Argos and was buried in Larissa, the Acroplice of Argos. [Cleme.Exho.3]

1339 BC | Megapenthes, son of Proetus, moved from Tiryns to Argos. [Estimated]

** Megapenthes was a direct descendant of Abas, and was probably more welcomed by the inhabitants of Argos than Abas’s collateral descendant Perseus.

** Along with Megapenthes, other inhabitants such as Tiryns also appear to have migrated to Argos.

1338 BC | Laius was born in Thebes, the son of Labdacus. [Apo.3.5.5]

1338 BC | Tyro, daughter of Salmoneus, married Hippocoon, who lived in Pylus, near Arne in Thessaly. [Apo.1.9.11, Hyginus.10]

** Salmoneus probably lived on the opposite bank of the Enipeus River from Pylus.

** Tyro fell in love with Enipeus, the river god (Hippocoon). [Apo.1.9.8, Home.Od.11.235, Strabo.8.3.32]

1337 BC | Labdacus died at Thebes. [Apo.3.5.5]

** Labdacus had similar ideas to his paternal cousin Pentheus, so he was killed by frenzied women. [Apo.3.5.5]

1337 BC | Laius, son of Labdacus, was only one year old, and his grandfather Nycteus' brother Lycus became his guardian for the second time. [Apo.3.5.5, Paus.9.5.6]

1335 BC | Endymion, son of Aethlius, banished Clymenus, son of Cardys, from Olympia. [Paus.5.8.1]

1335 BC | Perseus married Andromeda, daughter of Cepheus of Ethiopia. [Apo.2.4.3]

** Tantalus, who lived in Adrasteia, and Perseus, who lived in Ethiopia (part of Adrasteia), are thought to have known each other.

** The later marriages between the sons of Perseus and the daughters of Pelops, son of Tantalus, seem to have been connected at this time.

1335 BC | Salmoneus migrated from Thessaly to Eleia and founded Salmone. [Strabo.8.3.32, Apo.1.9.7]

** Salmoneus settled near Elis, founded by his half-brother Aethlius.

1335 BC | Amphissus, son of Andraemon, founded Oeta near Mount Oeta. [Paus.7.2.5]

1335 BC | Anax founded Anactoria near the mouth of the Maeander River. [Paus.7.2.5]

** Anax appears to be the son of one of the two sons of Asterios, son of the first Minos, Miletus and Caunos. [Nonnus.13.222, 546]

1332 BC | Perseus returned from the island of Seriphus and occupied Tiryns. [Estimated]

** Perseus' previous base appears to have been the island of Seriphus. [Paus.2.18.1]

1332 BC | Amphion, son of Antiope, married Niobe, daughter of Tantalus. [Apo.3.5.6, Paus.9.5.7]

** The meeting place is thought to be the sacred area of Cabeiri, about 5 km west of Thebes. About 7km southwest of there was Eutresis, where Amphion lived.

** The Cabeiri that spread from Samothrace to Greece also included the Cybele faith of Niobe's ancestors.

** Broteas, son of Tantalus, made the oldest statue of the Mother of the Gods. [Paus.3.22.4]

1330 BC | Oenomaus, son of Alxion, migrated from Heraea in Arcadia to Eleia and founded Harpina. [Paus.6.21.8]

1330 BC | Melia's son Tenerus opened an oracle on Mount Ptous. [Paus.9.26.1, Strabo.9.2.34]

** The oracle on Mount Ptous lasted until 335 BC, when Alexander the Great destroyed Thebes. [LeakeN.2.279]

1330 BC | Glaphyrus, son of Magnes, son of Aeolus, founded Glaphyrae near Lake Boebeis in Thessaly. [StephByz.G209.3]

1330 BC | Perseus founded Mycenae and surrounded it with strong walls. [Paus.2.15.4, Paus.7.25.6]

** Mycenae was founded 420 years ago, but there may not have been a town in Perseus' time.

1329 BC | Endymion held a competition at Olympia. [Paus.5.1.4]

1328 BC | Tantalus killed Ganymedes and migrated to Mount Sipylus in Lydia, chased by Ilus. [Diod.4.74.4]

** Tantalus appears to be the son of Clymenus, son of Cardys, who was banished from Olympia by Endymion of Elis. [Paus.5.8.1]

1326 BC | Aetolus, son of Endymion, married Pronoe, daughter of Phorbas. [Apo.1.7.7]

** This was the time when Phorbas lived in Thessaly, and it was a marriage between the same tribes, whose common ancestor was Aeolus, the son of Hippotes.

1326 BC | Zethus and Amphion attacked Thebes, but were repulsed by Lycus and fled to Locris. [Estimated from FGrH.Nr333.F170 and Paus.9.5.6]

** Zethus and Amphion lived in Eutresis near Thespiae. [Strabo.9.2.28]

** In Locris lived Physcius, the father of Thebe, the wife of Zethus. [Apo.3.5.6]

1325 BC | Zethus and Amphion gather an army to attack Thebes and engage Lycus. [Diod.19.53, Paus.9.5.6]

1325 BC|Lycus was killed by Zethus and Amphion. [Apo.3.5.5]

** Lycus was in his 20th year of guardianship. 1st to 8 years (1365-57 BC), 2nd to 12 years (1337-25 BC)

** Thebe's brother Locrus joined his brother-in-law Zethus. [FGrH.Nr333.F170]

** It seems that Itonus, son of Boeotus, who lived in Arne of Thessaly, also joined them.

** Itonus was the son of Boeotus, son of Melanippe, wife of Itonus, brother of Physcius, father of Locrus, and Locrus was a cousin of Boeotus.

** Participation in this battle is thought to have been the beginning of Boeotus's son Itonus immigrating to Boeotia. [Diod.19.53, Strabo.7.7.2]

** Amphion banished Laius from Thebes. [Apo.3.5.5] Laius secretly fled from Thebes. [Paus.9.5.6]

** However, Laius later defected to Pelops, so there was no hostility between Laius and Amphion, the husband of Pelops' sister Niobe.

** It is assumed that Laius remained in Thebes and that Amphion became his guardian.

** Laius was the son of Labdacus, son of Nycteis, sister of Antiope, mother of Amphion. So, Laius was the son of Amphion's maternal cousin. [Aelian.13.5, Athen.603a, Plut.Mor.313e]

** Amphion was the son of Antiope, sister of Nycteis, mother of Labdacus, father of Laius.

1325 BC | Itonus, son of Boeotus of Arne, emigrated to Boeotia. [Diod.19.53, Strabo.7.7.2]

** Itonus appears to have first lived on the sunken Arne in Lake Copais, and from there moved to nearby Coroneia.

** Itonian Athena was found near Arne in Thessaly and around Coroneia in Boeotia. [Strabo.9.5.17, Paus.3.9.13, Paus.9.34.1, Paus.9.34.5, Strabo.9.2.29]

** Leleges also migrated from Locris to Boeotia. [Strabo.7.7.2]

1325 BC | Phylacus, son of Deion, migrated from Phocis to Thessaly and founded Phylace northeast of the Pagasetic Gulf. [Apo.1.9.12]

1324 BC | Amphion and Zethus founded a walled city below Cadmeia. [Home.Od.11.253, Paus.9.5.7]

** The walls were to protect the town from the tyrannical Phlegyes who lived nearby. [FGrH.Nr333.F41]

1324 BC | Amphion and Zethus named the town they founded below Cadmeia Thebes. [Paus.9.5.6]

1322 BC | Zethus died of grief when his son Neis died due to Thebe's negligence. [Paus.9.5.9]

1321 BC | Epopeus dies. Marathon, son of Epopeus, returned from Attica to Sicyon. [Paus.2.1.1]

** Marathon gave Asopia (later Sicyon) to Sicyon and Ephyraea (later Corinth) to Corinthus. [Paus.2.1.1]

1320 BC | Phorbas, son of Lapithes, migrated to the island from Thessaly at the invitation of the inhabitants of Rhodes. [Diod.5.58.5]

** The person who invited Rhodes is thought to be Macareus' son Leucippus. He and Phorbas were cousins whose grandfather was Aeolus, son of Hippotes.

1320 BC | Salmoneus banished Aetolus, son of Endymion of Elis. [Paus.5.1.8, Strabo.8.3.33]

1320 BC | Aetolus migrated from Elis to Aetolia. [Apo.1.7.6]

** Aetolus settled in the “Curetian country”, later known as Pleuron. [Apo.1.7.6, Strabo.10.2.5]

** Aetolus settled in the land between the Achelous and Euenus rivers, at the foot of Mount Curium.

** Aetolus was the first Greek to live in Aetolia. Aetolus became the progenitor of the Aetolians. [Paus.5.1.8, Strabo.8.3.33, Strabo.10.3.4]

1320 BC | The Amphion family perished due to a plague. [Apo.3.5.6, Paus.9.5.9]

** Amphion's son Amyclas and his daughter Meliboea (Chloris) were spared. [Apo.3.5.6]

** Chloris had many siblings, and she was the oldest. [Apo.3.5.6]

** Chloris was still unmarried at the time of Pelops' marriage. [Paus.5.16.4]

1320 BC | Laius, son of Labdacus, became king of Thebes. [Paus.9.5.10]

1320 BC | Oeoclus, son of Ascra, together with the sons of Aloeus, Otus and Ephialtes, founded Ascra near the source of the river Asopus in Boeotia. [Paus.9.29.1]

** It is thought that the sons of Aloeus living in Sicyon cooperated in the founding of Ascra because of the following relationship between them.

** Ascra was the daughter of Aloeus, son of Sisyphus, and her husband was Haliartus, son of Thersander, son of Sisyphus, so it appears that the marriage was between cousins.

** Oeoclus, son of Ascra, and the sons of Aloeus appear to be cousins, having a common grandfather, Aloeus, son of Sisyphus.

1320 BC | Pandorus, son of Erechtheus, went to Euboea and founded Chalcis. [Ps-Scym.566]

1320 BC | Cecrops, son of Erechtheus, emigrated to Euboea. [Paus.1.5.3]

** When a ruler suddenly “immigrates,” it is sometimes “exiled.”

** Migration from Argos to Phocis by Abas, son of Lynceus. [Paus.10.35.1]

** Migration from Argos to Thessaly by Abas, son of Melampus. [Strabo.9.5.5]

1320 BC | Pandion, son of Cecrops, moved to Megara and married Pylia, daughter of Pylas. [Apo.3.15.5, Paus.1.5.3]

** At this time, Cychreus and Scirius (or Sciron, Chiron, Scirus), who are thought to be Pandion's brothers, also migrated to the islands of Salamis and Scyros, respectively. [Estimated]

1320 BC | Acrias, son of Amyclas, founded Acriae on the shores of the Gulf of Laconia. [Paus.6.21.10]

1320 BC | Paeon, son of Endymion, migrated to Paeonia. [Paus.5.1.5]
1320 BC | Linus was born in Thebes, the son of Amphimarus and Ourania. [Diogenes.1.3, Suda.la.568] 

1319 BC | Epeius, son of Endymion, held a competition at Olympia. [Euseb.Chron.191]

1319 BC | Melampus was born in Pylus of Thessaly, the son of Amythaon and Aglaia. [Apo.1.9.11, Diod.4.68.3]

** Judging from Melampus' divination skills and the fact that all of his brothers took wives from Boeotia, Aglaia appears to be the daughter of Tenerus of Boeotia.

1318 BC | Salmoneus' daughter Tyro remarried her uncle Cretheus, who lived in Iolcus. [Hyginus.13]

1315 BC | Oenomaus migrated from Harpina to Pisa. [Paus.5.1.6]

** Oenomaus, who lived in Harpina, immediately attacked Pisus, son of Perieres, who lived in Pisa to the west, and Pisus was exiled. [Estimated]

** Pisus moved to Pharae in Messenia, founded by Pharis, the father of his wife Telegon.

** Elis, then in possession of Olympia, was the town of the descendant of Aethlius, brother of Perieres, and Oenomaus took Olympia, too. [Paus.5.1.7]

1315 BC | Thracians on the island of Naxos (Strongyle) attacked Euboea but were repulsed. [Diod.5.50.4]

** Euboea is not an island, but seems to be Hyria. Later, Aloeus' wife and daughter are abducted from nearby Anthedon. [Diod.5.50.6]

1315 BC | Thracians of Naxos raid Drius (location unknown) of Thessay. [Diod.5.50.4]

1315 BC | Iphimedeia, wife of Aloeus of Anthedon in Boeotia, and her daughter Pancratis were abducted by the Thracians and taken to the island of Naxos. [Diod.5.50.6]

** There is a legend that Aloeus founded Alus in Aitolia, but this seems to be a creation. [Hesiod.CW.F6]

** The tombs of Otus and Ephialtes, sons of Aloeus, were at Anthedon. [Paus.9.22.6]

1315 BC | Otus and Ephialtes defeated the Thracians on the island of Naxos. [Diod.5.50.6]

** Changed the name of the island called Strongyle to Dia. [Diod.5.51.2, Pliny.4.67]

** The island's name is thought to have been derived from Dia (Hebe - daughter of Hera, the goddess worshiped in Argos), who is worshiped in Phlius and Sicyon. [Strabo.8.6.24]

** The island of Naxos was called Dionysias because of its rich vineyards. [Pliny.4.67]

1315 BC | The second Minos was born. [Diod.4.60.3]

1314 BC | Oenomaus held a competition at Olympia. [Euseb.Chron.191]

1312 BC | Pandion, son of Cecrops, became king of Athens. [Euseb.Chron.185]

1312 BC | Pandion returns to Athens from Megara with the help of Pylas, the father of his wife Pylia. [Estimated from Euseb.Chron.185]

1312 BC | Pelops was attacked by Ilus of Ilium and migrated from Lydia to Peloponnesos. [Paus.2.22.3]

** Pelops' landing site at Peloponnesos appears to be near the mouth of the Eurotas River in the Gulf of Laconia.

** Acrias, founder of Acriae, near the mouth of the Eurotas River, was killed by Oenomaus. [Paus.6.21.10]

** Acrias is presumed to be the son of Amyclas, who migrated south from Sparta and founded Amyclae.

** Acriae had the oldest statue of the Mother of the Gods in the Peloponnesus peninsula. [Paus.3.22.4]

** Pelops' real name was Peloponnesus. [StephByz.P515.2]

** Pelops came from Asia with great wealth to the poor people of Greece and used his wealth to expand his influence. [Thucy.1.9]

** The wealth of the descendants of Tantalus and Pelops came from the mineral deposits of Prygia and the Sipylus Mountains. [Strabo.14.5.28]

1312 BC | Pelops fought Oenomaus of Pisa and captured his daughter Hippodamia. [Paus.5.16.4]

** Pelops killed Oenomaus with a spear. [Eur.IT.826]

** There are stories of chariot races from Pisa to the Isthmus of Corinth, but this is not a distance that horses could race. [Apo.E.2.5]

** The descendants of Pelops probably spread the chariot racing anecdote to avoid identifying themselves as descendants of prisoners of war.

1311 BC | Chloris, daughter of Amphion and Niobe, wins a footrace at the wedding feast of Pelops and Hippodamia. [Paus.5.16.4]

**If this is a historical fact, Pelops would have taken his niece Chloris as his wife, so it seems to be a fiction.

1310 BC | Otus and Ephialtes identified the goddess Muses as three: Melete (Practice), Mneme (Memory) and Aoede (Song). [Paus.9.29.2]

1310 BC | Melaneus, son of Periphas, founded Oechalia near Tricca. [Estimated]

1310 BC | Perieres, son of Aeolus, emigrated from Thessaly to Andania at the request of his extinct successor, Messenia. [Paus.4.2.2]

**Perieres, who was single, is thought to have been selected from among the influential Aeolis of Thessaly.

1310 BC | Perseus was killed by Megapenthes, son of Proetus. [Hyginus.244]

** After this, Argos and Mycenae became isolated.

** Mycenae agreed to send reinforcements to attack Thebes, but in the end they did not. It seems that they did not even request reinforcements from the beginning.

** Argos was involved in the attack on Troy, but there were no casualties, so it seems that they were passive participants.

1310 BC | Megapenthes killed Lynceus of Abae in Phocis. [Hyginus.244]

1310 BC | Abas, son of Lynceus of Abae in Phocis, slew Megapenthes. [Hyginus.244]

** After the death of Acrisius, Megapenthes ruled Argos, and there appears to have been a conflict with the colony Abae.

1310 BC | Argeus, son of Megapenthes, became king of Argos. [Paus.2.18.4]

1310 BC | Abas, son of Lynceus, migrated from Abae in Phocis to Chalcis in Euboea. [Hyginus.244, Strabo.10.1.3]

1310 BC | Ornytus, believed to be the son of Lynceus, migrated from Abae to northwestern Phocis and founded Naubolenses (later Drymaea). [Paus.10.33.12]

1310 BC | Crius, believed to be the son of Lynceus, migrated from Abae to Euboea. [Paus.10.6.6]

1310 BC | Dius, son of Pandorus, migrated northwest from Chalcis in Euboea and founded Dion (or Dium, Dios). [wiki:Dius, SchoOnHomeIl.2.538]

1309 BC|Alexinus held competitions at Olympia. [Euseb.Chron.191]

** Alexinus appears to be Alector, son of Salmoneus, of Elis. [Diod.4.69.2]

1308 BC | Laius, son of Labdacus, married Jocasta, daughter of Menoeceus. [Paus.9.5.10]

1307 BC | Perieres, son of Aeolus, married Gorgophone, daughter of Perseus of Mycenae. [Apo.1.9.5, Paus.4.2.4]

** This marriage seems to have taken place because Andania and Mycenae are Achaean towns.

1306 BC | Phorbas, son of Lapithes, was sent to Olenus by Alector, king of Elis, who feared Pelops. [Diod.4.69.2]

** <<Why Alector is thought to be the son of Salmoneus. >>

** Salmoneus banished Aetolus, son of Endymion of Elis. [Paus.5.1.8, Strabo.8.3.33]

** Aetolus was succeeded by Eleius, the son of Aetolus's sister Eurycyda. [Paus.5.1.8]

** Eleius was the son of the granddaughter of Salmoneus' half-brother Aethlius. [Apo.1.7.3]

** Alector, king of Elis, who does not appear in the lineage of Pausanias, entrusted Olenus to Phorbas. [Diod.4.69.2]

** Phorbas was the son of Salmoneus' half-brother Lapithes. [Diod.5.81.6]

** Alexinus, who organized the Olympic Games after Oenomaus, appears to be the same person as Alector. [Euseb.Chron.191]

** From the above, the following can be inferred.

** Alector was the son of Salmoneus, husband of Eurycyda, and father of Eleius.

** Salmoneus deposed Aetolus, king of Elis, and his grandson Eleius became king of Elis, and as he was younger his father Alector became his guardian.

** Afterwards, Pelops of Pisa grew in power, and Alector, alarmed, entrusted his cousin Phorbas with Olenus, which was then part of Elis.

1305 BC | Melaneus, probably the son of Periphas, founded Oechalia near Andania. [Paus.4.2.2]

** Melaneus seems to have immigrated to Messenia at the request of his cousin Perieres, the son of Aeolus, brother of his father Periphas.

1305 BC | Europus, son of Macedon, son of Aeolus, and Oreithyia, daughter of Cecrops, founded Europus a little north of Pella. [StephByz.E287.14]

1305 BC | Cyparissus, son of Minyas, founded Cyparissus near Delphi. [Paus.10.36.5]

1303 BC | Perieres of Andania in Messenia died leaving two sons, Aphareus and Leucippus. [Estimated]

** This seems to be around this time because Perieres' wife Gorgophone remarried Oebalus of Lacedaemon and had a daughter, Arene, who married Aphareus.

1303 BC | Cretheus, son of Aeolus, died at Iolcus. [Diod.4.68.3]

1303 BC | Cretheus' son Pelias fought with his brother Neleus over his father's succession. [Diod.4.68.3]

** Pelias and Neleus jointly held the Olympia festival competitions. [Paus.5.8.2]

** The daughter of Bias, who emigrated with Neleus, married Pelias. [Hyginus.14]

** From the above, Pelias and Neleus had a good relationship.

1303 BC | Perimela, daughter of Amythaon, married Antion, son of Periphas. [Diod.4.69.3]

1303 BC | Amythaon, with Neleus, Melampus, and Bias, moved to Eleia and founded Pylus. [Apo.1.9.9, Diod.4.68.3, Paus.4.36.1]

** Amythaon was accompanied by his sons, and it was Amythaon, not Neleus, who led the migration to Eleia. [Diod.4.68.3]

** Pylus was on the mountain road from Elis to Olympia. The Ladon River, which flows near Pylus, joins the Peneius River. [Paus.6.22.5]

** There is also a legend that Pylas, son of Cleson of Megara, founded Pylus in Eleia. [Paus.6.22.5]

** Historically, Pylas is over 78 years old. It seems to be a creation inspired by the name Pylus.

** The name Pylus seems to be a direct reference to Pyllus of Thessaly, Amythaon's birthplace. [Apo.1.9.11]

1303 BC | Gorgophone, wife of Perieres, son of Aeolus, remarried Oebalus of Sparta. [Apo.1.9.5, Paus.4.2.4]

1303 BC | Pheres, son of Hippocoon, migrated from Phyllus to near Iolcus and founded Pherae. [Apo.1.9.14]

1302 BC | Melampus, son of Amythaon, married Iphianeira, daughter of Megapenthes of Argos. [Apo.2.2.2, Diod.4.68.5]

** Argeus, the son of Megapenthes, was probably afraid of Mycenae and married his sister to the son of Amythaon, the leader of Eleia at the time.

1301 BC | Calydon, son of Aetolus, married Aeolia, daughter of Amythaon. [Apo.1.7.7]

** Amythaon's grandfather Salmoneus was the enemy who drove Calydon's father Aetolus from Elis.

** Many of Calydon's inhabitants were descendants of people from Elis.

** Calydon seems to have tried to counter his brother Pleuron, who was growing in power with the Curetes on his side, through marriage.

1300 BC | Pierus, son of Magnes, son of Aeolus, founded Pieria on the north side of Mount Olympus. [Tzetzes.6.930]

1300 BC | Aeson, son of Hippocoon, founded Aesonis (or Aeson) near the Pagasetic Gulf. [Apollo.1.411, StephByz.A54.16]

1300 BC | Cynurus, son of Perseus, migrated from Mycenae to near Laconia and founded Cynuria. [Paus.3.2.2]

1300 BC | The Phlegyes, led by Eurymachus, invaded Thebes, sacking it and laying waste to it. [FGrH.Nr333.F41]

** The Phlegyes also had a leader named Phorbas. Phorbas lived in Panopeus after the Trojan War. [Ovid.Meta.11.410, Philos.2.19]

1300 BC | Creon was born in Thebes, the son of Menoeceus. [Hyginus.86]

1300 BC | The Maeonians (Pelasgians), led by Tyrhenus, son of Atys, migrated from Lydia to the west coast of Italy. [Antiq.1.27.2, Herod.1.94, Strabo.5.2.4]

1300 BC | Romis repulsed the Pelasgians who tried to invade Latium. [Plut.Romu.2]

1300 BC | Arnus, son of Faunus, was driven out from around Lake Trasimene by the Pelasgians, including Tyrhenus. [Ita.5.1]

1300 BC | The Pelasgians Maleos migrated from Regis Villa near Rome to Sicily, chased by Tyrhenus. [Paus.1.28.3, Strabo.5.2.8]

** Pelasgians moved to Athens around 1126 BC, changing residences with Sicily, Acarnania and Boeotia. [Paus.1.28.3, Diod.19.53, Strabo.9.2.3]

1300 BC | The Pelasgians, who migrated from Thessaly to Italy, were driven out by the Maeonians led by Tyrhenus. [Pliny.3.50, Strabo.5.2.3]

1300 BC | Electryon, son of Perseus, founded Midea. [Estimated from Paus.2.25.9]

** The town was named after Electryon's wife Midea. [Apo.2.4.5]

1300 BC | Pellen, son of Phorbas, son of Triopas, migrated from Argos to Achaia and founded Pellene. [Paus.7.26.12]