Berossus
Berossus
(bərŏ`səs), 3d cent. B.C., Babylonian priest-historian; contemporary of ManethoManetho, fl. 300 B.C., Egyptian historian, a priest at Heliopolis, under Ptolemy I and Ptolemy II. His work, covering the history of Egypt from legendary times to 323 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. . His work, in Greek, preserved Mesopotamian myths regarding creation and history. It survives in fragments quoted by Josephus and Eusebius of Caesarea.