He having unhappily kill'd his Brother Menalippus, fled from his incensed Father to Adrastus, King of the Argives, where meeting Polynêces, a fugitive also, after sharp conflict between them, they were reconciled, and became Brothers, Tydeus marrying Deiphile, and Polynîces Argîa, Adrastus his two Daughters. He having his native Aetolians under his command, was one of the seaven Princes of Greece, who fol∣lowed Adrastus to the Warres of Thebes, where having given great and frequent proofs of his valour, he was at last slain by one Menalippus a Theban.Parthenopaeus was one of those seven Princes also,Parthenopeus. Son of A∣talanta and Meleager, and King of Arcadia; he went very young to those Wars, whence returning with ill success, he did after accompany the Grecian Princes to the Warres of Troy, where having shewed himself as bold in fight as he was skillfull in conduct, was slain. He was noted as well for his beauty and swiftness of foot, as for his valour: Of him Statius thus lib 4.Pulchrior haud ulli triste ad discrimen ituroVultus, & egregiae tanta indulgentia formae;Nec desunt animi, veniat modò fortior aetas.None of those who did venture to the placeOf danger, had so sweet a beauteous face;Nor is true courage wanting, if his ageDid lend him strength and power to ingage.The third was Adrastus King of the Argives,Adaqstus. and chief of the league against the Thebans: He after the losse of all his great officers but Parthenopaeus returned home, where he di∣ed ingloriously. Before we proceed, you may observe by the by, that there were three most noted Epoch's or computations of time amongst the Ancients, higher then which prophane Story gives us no light. The first was from the expedition of the Argonautes to Colchis for the golden Fleece, which (accor∣ding to our learned Country-man, and most diligent Chrono∣loger, Dr. Simpson) hapned in the fifteenth year of Gideon,0