They say that the first inhabitants of the earth, glorying in their own strength and size and despising the gods, undertook to build a tower whose top should reach the sky, in the place where Babylon now stands; but when it approached the heaven the winds assisted the gods, and overturned the work upon its contrivers, and its ruins are said to be still at Babylon; and the gods introduced a diversity of tongues among men, who till that time had all spoken the same language; and a war arose between Kronos and Titan. The place in which they built the tower is now called Babylon on account of the confusion of tongues, for confusion is by the Hebrews called Babel.—_Euseb. Præp. Evan._ lib. ix.; _Syncel. Chron._ xliv.; _Euseb. Chron._ xiii. OF THE DISPERSION, FROM HESTIÆUS (_Cory_, p. 74). The priests who escaped took with them the implements of the worship of the Enyalian Zeus, and came to Senaar in Babylonia. But they were again driven from thence by the introduction of a diversity of tongues; upon which they founded colonies in various parts, each settling in such situations as chance or the direction of God led them to occupy.—_Jos. Ant. Jud._ i.  c. 4; _Euseb. Præp. Evan._ ix. OF THE TOWER OF BABEL, FROM ALEXANDER POLYHISTOR (CORY, p. 75). The Sibyl says: That when all men formerly spoke the same language some among them undertook to erect a large and lofty tower, that they might climb up into heaven. But God sending forth a whirlwind confounded their design, and gave to each tribe a particular language of its own, which is the reason that the name of that city is Babylon. After the deluge lived Titan and Prometheus, when Titan undertook a war against Kronos.—_Sync._ xliv.; _Jos. Ant. Jud._ i. c. 4.; _Euseb. Præp. Evan._ ix. THE THEOGONIES, FROM DAMASCIUS (CORY, p. 92). But the Babylonians, like the rest of the barbarians, pass over in silence the One principle of the universe, and they constitute two: Tauthe[3] and Apason,[4] making Apason the husband of Tauthe, and denominating her the mother of the gods. And from these proceeds an only-begotten son, Moymis,[5] which I conceive is no other than the intelligible world proceeding from the two principles. From them also another progeny is derived, Dache and Dachus;[6] and again a third, Kissare and Assorus, from which last three others proceed, Anus (Anu), and Illinus (Elum), and Aus (Hea). And of Aus and Dauke (Dav-cina, “lady of the earth,”) is born a son called Belus, who, they say, is the fabricator of the world, the Demiurgus. FOOTNOTES: [1] The native account of the Deluge shows that this name must be corrected to Opartes, the native name being Ubara-Tutu. [2] A common title of the early Accadian kings is “shepherd,” pointing to the fact that the Accadians had led a pastoral life before their settlement and organization in the Babylonian plain. [3] Assyrian, Tiamtu, “the deep.” [4] Assyrian, Apsu, “the ocean.” [5] Assyrian, Mummu, “chaos.”