About this edition

Berossus & Manetho: Berossus & Manetho — a complete modern English translation made in 2026 by Scriptorium Press directly from the original language, free to read online, free to download (EPUB and plain text), and free to listen to. 16 books; about 21,966 words. The translation was produced by a Claude model fleet and checked against the original; the audiobook is read by a synthetic voice, and both say so.

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Chapters

• Berossus — Book 1: Oannes and the Creation (FHG F1, from Syncellus / Alexander Polyhistor)
• Berossus — Book 2: The Ten Antediluvian Kings (FHG F2–F6a: Athenaeus, Agathias, Syncellus, Apollodorus)
• Berossus — Book 3: The Flood of Xisouthros and the Tower (FHG F7, F10, F11a, from Syncellus)
• Berossus — Book 4: Eusebius Chronicle (Armenian) material — postdiluvian kings, Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar (FHG F5, F9, F11, F12)
• Berossus — Book 5: Minor Greek citations (FHG F8, F13, F14a, F15, F16, F16a)
• Berossus — Book 6: Nebuchadnezzar and the Neo-Babylonian kings down to Cyrus (Josephus, Contra Apionem 1.128–153)
• Berossus — Book 7: Josephus Antiquities parallels (AJ 1.92–95, 1.104–108, 1.157–160, 10.219–228)
• Berossus — Book 8: Astronomical and astrological fragments (FHG F17–F25; Latin marked)
• Manetho — Book 1: Testimonia and structure of the Aegyptiaca (FHG F1–F5)
• Manetho — Book 2: The Epitome, Dynasties I–XI, Africanus and Eusebius versions (FHG F6–F33)
• Manetho — Book 3: The Epitome, Dynasties XII–XVII incl. the Hyksos lists (FHG F34–F49)
• Manetho — Book 4: The Epitome, Dynasties XVIII–XXII (FHG F51–F61)
• Manetho — Book 5: The Epitome, Dynasties XXIII–XXXI (FHG F62–F73)
• Manetho — Book 6: The Hyksos (Josephus, Contra Apionem 1.73–105)
• Manetho — Book 7: Amenophis, the lepers, and Osarseph (Josephus, Contra Apionem 1.227–287)
• Manetho — Book 8: The minor works (FHG F74–F85)