3rd-century BC Babylonian writer, priest and astronomer
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Berossus (/bəˈrɒsəs/) or Berosus (/bəˈroʊsəs/; Ancient Greek: Βηρωσσος, romanized: Bērōssos; possibly derived from Akkadian: , romanized: Bēl-rēʾušunu, "Bel is his shepherd")[1] was a Hellenistic-era Babylonian writer, a priest of Bel Marduk[2] and astronomer who wrote in the Koine Greek language, and who was active at the beginning of the 3rd century BC. His original works, including his Babyloniaca, have been lost but fragmentarily survive in some quotations, especially in the writings of the fourth-century Christian writer Eusebius.[3]
Berossus has recently been identified with Bēl-rē’ûšunu, a high priest of the temple Esagila Temple mentioned in a document from 258 BC.[4]
^The suggestion was made by Heinrich Zimmern; cf. Lehmann-Haupt, "Neue Studien zu Berossos" Klio22 (1929:29)
^Seneca Nat. Questiones III.29: "Berosus, qui Belum interpretatus est...", "Berossus, who expounded the doctrine of Bel/Marduk" (interpretatus) as rendered by W. G. Lambert, "Berossus and Babylonian Eschatology" Iraq,38.2 (Autumn 1976:171-173) p. 172.
Chronographica, respectively) both record Berossus' use of "public records" and it is possible that Berossus catalogued his sources. This did not make...
Feast of Sacea] Berossus from Alexander Polyhistor recorded in Eusebius and Syncellus (translated from the Greek). In summary, Berossus' Babylonian history...
his offspring in Europe, and once attributed to the Chaldean historian Berossus, but now considered to have been a fabrication by the 15th-century Italian...
recorded as the hero of the Eridu Genesis and appears in the writings of Berossus as Xisuthros.[citation needed] Ziusudra is one of several mythic characters...
the gardens by Berossus, a Babylonian priest of Marduk, whose writing c. 290 BC is the earliest known mention of the gardens. Berossus described the reign...
validity. In 1498 Annio da Viterbo published fragments known as Pseudo-Berossus, now considered a forgery, claiming that Babylonian records had shown that...
Berossus' account begins with a primeval ocean. Unlike in the Enuma Elish, where sea monsters are generated for combat with other gods, in Berossus'...
April. Berossus writes that Neriglissar ruled four years before dying and being succeeded by his son Laborosoardokhos (Labashi-Marduk). Berossus erroneously...
Herodotus, and second-hand descriptions, citing the work of Ctesias and Berossus—present an incomplete and sometimes contradictory picture of the ancient...
Antiquity). In 1498, Annius of Viterbo claimed to have translated records of Berossus, an ancient Babylonian priest and scholar; which are today usually considered...
Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-4724-7241-0. Gmirkin, Russell E. (2006). Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9780567134394. Hendel...
Tanais by Lysippe (Amazon) Berosus, father of the Sibyl Sabbe by Erymanthe Berossus (3rd century BC), Hellenistic-era Babylonian writer and astronomer Berosus...
Prophecy corroborates Berossus's account, by stating that Nabonidus was removed from his throne and settled "in another land". If Berossus is believed, Nabonidus...
PMC 9793425. PMID 36455558. S2CID 248865376. Gmirkin, Russell (2006). Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus: Hellenistic Histories and the Date of...
Antipater Antisthenes of Rhodes Aratus of Sicyon Artapanus of Alexandria Berossus Callixenus of Rhodes Cleitarchus Craterus (historian) Ctesicles Deinias...
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society. Gmirkin, Russell E. (2006). Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-567-13439-4. Hanauer...
Nebuchadnezzar's wife. According to Berossus, her name was Amytis, daughter of Astyages, king of the Medes. Berossus writes that '[Nabopolassar] sent troops...
Togarmah. In 1498, Annio da Viterbo published fragments known as Pseudo-Berossus, now considered a forgery, claiming that Babylonian records had shown a...
they believed that this would eventually occur. This is largely because Berossus wrote that the Mesopotamians believed the world to last "twelve times twelve...
Babyloniaca may refer to: Babyloniaca, a lost historical work of Berossus Babyloniaca [fi; ru], an ancient Greek novel of Iamblichus (novelist) Graeco-Babyloniaca...
traditions: Ziusudra ("Life of long days", rendered Xisuthros, Ξίσουθρος in Berossus) in the earliest, Sumerian versions, later Shuruppak (after his city),...
regnal names. We have some data sources from the classical period: BerossusBerossus, a Babylonian astronomer and historian born during the time of Alexander...
peacefully at his capital. The final version of Cyrus's death comes from Berossus, who only reports that Cyrus met his death while warring against the Dahae...
translation. Eusebius cites Abydenus, an epitomizer of Berossus, as his source. The fragment of Berossus preserved in Against Apion states that Cyrus gave...
1498, a monk named Annio da Viterbo published fragments known as "Pseudo-Berossus", now considered a forgery, claiming that Babylonian records had shown...
Counterbalanced. Golden Key Press. ISBN 9780979451492. Gmirkin, Russell E. (2006). Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0567134394. Hamilton...
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, romanized: Bēl-rēʾušunu, "Bel is his shepherd")[1] was a Hellenistic-era Babylonian writer, a priest of Bel Marduk[2] and astronomer who wrote in the Koine Greek language, and who was active at the beginning of the 3rd century BC. His original works, including his Babyloniaca, have been lost but fragmentarily survive in some quotations, especially in the writings of the fourth-century Christian writer Eusebius.[3]