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A50874	A view of the dissertation upon the epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, &c lately publish'd by the Reverend Dr. Bentley ; also of the examination of that dissertation by the Honourable Mr. Boyle, in order to the manifesting the incertitude of heathen chronology.	Milner, John, 1628-1702.	1698 (1698)	Wing M2082; ESTC R32092	31,599	90

and Circumstance Against an indirect and dubious Proof built chiefly on a disputable Passage in Herodotus we have the express and full and undoubted Authority of Pausanias Mr. Boyle p. 129. and 131. Tho' Herodotus Thucydides and Diod. Sic. leave us uncertain as to the Time of the change of the Name yet it seems in Mr. Boyle's Judgment we may rely upon the undoubted Authority of Pausanias and conclude certainly that it was Olymp. 29. But I crave leave to question whether we can rely so certainly upon Pausanias's Authority in this case For First Tho' Thucydides doth not fix the Time of the change of the Name any otherwise than by saying That it was not long after the Samians flying from the Medes possess'd Zancle Yet this is sufficient to make us doubt of Pausanias's Assertion that it happen'd Olymp. 29. unless some Records can be produc'd which may certifie us That the Medes made any Incursion upon Greece so early as before that Olympiad Secondly when Herodotus l. 7. c. 165. mentions the change of the Name he is speaking of things done about the time of Xerxes's Expedition now is it not strange that he should speak of it so late if the change was made as Pausanias sets it Olymp. 29. i. e. about 180 Years before Especially when he had occasion to speak of Zancle before Thirdly Mr. Boyle p. 130. makes Pausanias to differ from Herodotus and to reject his Testimony concerning the Age of Anaxilaus now if the Name was chang'd from Zancle to Messana in his Time as they say it was from their differing as to the Age in which Anaxilaus liv'd it must follow that they also differ'd as to the Time when the change of the Name was made Now whatever Pausanias's Authority may be in other things I question whether it is such as that we can certainly rely upon him when two such Historians as Herodotus and Thucydides differ from him I may add That if Diodorus Sic. who places the Death of one Anaxilaus Olymp. 76. speaks of the Anaxilaus that nam'd Messana he also differs from Pausanias In the 29th Olympiad when Chionis won the Prize the second time Mr. Boyle p. 129. It is true that Pausanias in Messenicis p. 134. hath these very Words and yet afterward in the same Page he says That Xenophon the Corinthian won the Prize in the 29th Olympiad so that I know not how to reconcile him to himself unless by putting a difference between 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 He useth the former Words concerning Chionis the later concerning Xenophon and the later we must translate not In but About the 29 th Olympiad But then what is the meaning of About the 29 th Olympiad If it be said that his meaning is That Xenophon was Victor in the next Olympiad to it viz. the 30th I ask why did he not plainly say so Besides Pausanias in Arcadicis p. 269. says not that Xenophon but Chionis was Victor the third time in the 30th Olympiad Here I might also observe That Pausanias agrees not with himself as to the Time when Miltiades was Archon In Messenicis p. 134. he says it was in the 29th Olympiad in which Chionis won the Prize the 2d time but in Arcadicis p. 269. he says it was in the 2d Year of the 30th Olympiad in which Chionis won it the 3d time The most Eminent Chronologers and Men best vers'd in these Things fall in with this account of Pausanias Vbbo Emmius follows it in his History of ancient Greece l. 1. p. 18. Lydiat in his Notes on the Chronicon Marmoreum Ios. Scaliger in his Animadversions upon Eusebius p. 27. and in his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so does Petavius too Rat. Temp. par 1. p. 38. and Meursius Lect. Att. l. 2. c. 23. Mr. Boyle p. 130 131. Such Eminent Chronologers following Pausanias's account of the time of the change of the Name from Zancle to Messana some Persons may be apt to look upon it as certain But on the other side I say First Suppose it true That they do all follow his account yet if they do not alledge some other ancienr Historian that agrees with it it signifies little for it depends upon Pausanias's sole Authority still Secondly It doth not appear that they follow it Vbbo Emmius in his first Book mentions Messana but of the change of the Name from Zancle to Messana as far as I perceive he says nothing In his 7th Book he speaks of the change of the Name but is wholly silent as to the Time of it I add that in his first Book he quotes Pausanias when he is speaking of the Arcades and the second Messenian War but certainly we cannot conclude hence that he follow'd Pausanias's account of the Time when the new Name Messana was given to the City which was before call'd Zancle Scaliger both in his Ammadversions p. mihi 21. and in his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 if that be his refers the change of the Name to Olymp. 30. not to Olymp. 29. as Pausanias doth Petavius agrees not either with Pausanias or Scaliger but as Scaliger fixes the Time latter than Pausanias so Petavius sets it sooner viz. Olymp. 27. See him de Doctrina Temporum l. 13. and in Rat. Temp. par 1. l. 2. c. 8. Meursius is so far from agreeing with Pausanias that he plainly shews how little Pausanias is at agreement with himself and he takes upon him to correct Pausanias instead of following him Lydiat only remains and if by his Notes on the Chronicon Marmoreum Mr. Boyle means the Notae Historicae ad Chronicon Marmoreum I grant that he doth fall in with Pausanias's account To conclude then since none of these Modern Chronologers except Lydiat do agree with Pausanias and since the ancient Historians Herodotus and Thucydides do less agree with him what certainty can we have as to the Time when the City had the new Name Messana given it Diodorus in his 14th Book says That some Sicilians planted themselves upon Taurus and from their settlement there call'd the place they built Tauromenium In the 16th Book he says That about Forty Years after this Andromachus planted some of the old Naxians upon Taurus and from his long stay there call'd the place where he planted them Tauromenium Mr. Boyle p. 132. Here this Honourable Person observing That Diodorus plainly gives two different accounts of the Time when the place was nam'd Tauromenium and those contradictory one to the other says enough to satisfie us of the Incertitude of it There was a River Tauromenius if Vibius Sequester is to be credited who says the Town had its Name from thence before there was a Tauromenium Mr. Boyle p. 133. Here the Time when the Town was first call'd Tauromenium is made still more uncertain for if it had its name from the River Tauromenius it might have it long before the former of the Times mention'd by Diodorus Sic. Diomedes Grammaticus l. 3. the Scholiast of Aristophanes in Prolegom and