_Dionysius Halicarnassensis_ [40] tells us, that in the time of the _Trojan_ war, _Latinus_ was King of the _Aborigines_ in _Italy_, and that in the sixteenth Age after that war, _Romulus_ built _Rome_. By Ages he means Reigns of Kings: for after _Latinus_ he names sixteen Kings of the _Latines_, the last of which was _Numitor_, in whose days _Romulus_ built _Rome_: for _Romulus_ was contemporary to _Numitor_, and after him _Dionysius_ and others reckon six Kings more over _Rome_, to the beginning of the Consuls. Now these twenty and two Reigns, at about 18 years to a Reign one with another, for many of these Kings were slain, took up 396 years; which counted back from the consulship of _Junius Brutus_ and _Valerius Publicola_, the two first Consuls, place the _Trojan_ war about 78 years after the death of _Solomon_. The expedition of _Sesostris_ was one Generation earlier than the _Argonautic_ expedition: for in his return back into _Egypt_ he left _Æetes_ in _Colchis_, and _Æetes_ reigned there 'till the _Argonautic_ expedition; and _Prometheus_ was left by _Sesostris_ with a body of men at _Mount Caucasus_, to guard that pass, and after thirty years was released by _Hercules_ the _Argonaut_: and _Phlyas_ and _Eumedon_, the sons of the great _Bacchus_, so the Poets call _Sesostris_, and of _Ariadne_ the daughter of _Minos_, were _Argonauts_. At the return of _Sesostris_ into _Egypt_, his brother _Danaus_ fled from him into _Greece_ with his fifty daughters, in a long ship; after the pattern of which the ship _Argo_ was built: and _Argus_, the son of _Danaus_, was the master-builder thereof. _Nauplius_ the _Argonaut_ was born in _Greece_, of _Amymone_, one of the daughters of _Danaus_, and of _Neptune_, the brother and admiral of _Sesostris_: And two others of the daughters of _Danaus_ married _Archander_ and _Archilites_, the sons of _Achæus_, the son of _Creusa_, the daughter of _Erechtheus_ King of _Athens_: and therefore the daughters of _Danaus_ were three Generations younger than _Erechtheus_; and by consequence contemporary to _Theseus_ the son of _Ægeus_, the adopted son of _Pandion_, the son of _Erechtheus_. _Theseus_, in the time of the _Argonautic_ expedition, was of about 50 years of age, and so was born about the 33d year of _Solomon_: for he stole _Helena_ [41] just before that expedition, being then 50 years old, and she but seven, or as some say ten. _Pirithous_ the son of _Ixion_ helped _Theseus_ to steal _Helena_, and then [42] _Theseus_ went with _Pirithous_ to steal _Persephone_, the daughter of _Aidoneus_, or _Orcus_, King of the _Molossians_, and was taken in the action: and whilst he lay in prison, _Castor_ and _Pollux_ returning from the _Argonautic_ expedition, released their sister _Helena_, and captivated _Æthra_ the mother of _Theseus_. Now the daughters of _Danaus_ being contemporary to _Theseus_, and some of their sons being _Argonauts_, _Danaus_ with his daughters fled from his brother _Sesostris_ into _Greece_