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Apis, then, who died in Egypt, was not the king of Egypt, but of
Argos. He was succeeded by his son Argus, from whose name the land
was called Argos and the people ArRives, for under the earlier kings
neither the place nor the nation as yet had this name. While he then
reigned over Argos, and Eratus over Sicyon, and Balaeus still
remained king, of Assyria, Jacob died in Egypt a hundred and
forty-seven years old, after he had, when dying, blessed his sons
and his grandsons by Joseph, and prophesied most plainly of Christ,
saying in the blessing of Judah, "A prince shall not fail out of
Judah, nor a leader from his thighs, until those things come which
are laid up for him; and He is the expectation of the nations." In
the reign of Argus, Greece began to use fruits, and to have crops of
corn in cultivated fields, the seed having been brought from other
countries. Argus also began to be accounted a god after his death,
and was honored with a temple and sacrifices. This honor was conferred
in his reign, before being given to him, on a private individual for
being the first to yoke oxen in the plough. This was one Homogyrus,
who was struck by lightning.
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