Dating creation for the creation by using ancient sources or records of mythological figures. Since Inachus was dated 400 years after the flood of Ogyges and that Ogyges himself was considered a Titan or a primordial Autochthon "from earliest ages", some ancient Greek or Romans dated the creation (beginning with Chaos or Gaia) only a few hundred years before Ogyges (2376–2050 BC). Most ancient Greeks, however, did not subscribe to such a literalist view of using mythology to attempt to date the creation; Hecataeus of Miletus was an early ancient Greek logographer who strongly criticised this method, while Ptolemy wrote of such
Elizabeth (given name) Elizabeth (given name) Elizabeth is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ ("Elisabet", Modern Greek pronunciation "Elisávet"), which is a form of the Hebrew name "Elisheva" (), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance", as rendered in the Septuagint. "Elizabeth" appears in the Old Testament as the name of Aaron's wife ("Elisheva" in the Hebrew Bible), and in the New Testament as the name of the wife of the priest Zechariah and mother of John the Baptist. It has also been the name of several saints and queens. The name has many variants