ABSTRACT
MP, epoch 32 (683/2): From the time when the archon held offi ce annually, 420 years.
Georgios Synkellos, Ekloge Chronographias p. 251 (Mosshammer); Adler and Tuffi n, p. 309: Taken altogether (there were) 37 kings, who had ruled over Athens for 856 years from anno mundi 3945, when their rule came to an end. After them they found annual archons from amongst the eupatridai and a rule of nine archons was established at Athens. The rule of the annual archons began in anno mundi 4804, when Kreon took charge as fi rst archon in the nineteenth Olympiad, though some say (it was) the 25th (Olympiad).
