Editing Ziusudra (section)

===Xisuthros===
''Xisuthros'' (Ξίσουθρος) is a [[Hellenization]] of the Sumerian Ziusudra, known from the writings of [[Berossus]], a priest of [[Bel (mythology)|Bel]] in Babylon, on whom [[Alexander Polyhistor]] relied heavily for information on Mesopotamia. Among the interesting features of this version of the flood myth, are the identification, through ''[[interpretatio graeca]]'', of the Sumerian god [[Enki]] with the Greek god [[Cronus]], the father of [[Zeus]]; and the assertion that the [[reed boat]] constructed by Xisuthros survived, at least until Berossus' day, in the "Corcyrean Mountains" of [[Armenia]]. Xisuthros was listed as a king, the son of one Ardates, and to have reigned 18 ''saroi''. One saros (''shar'' in Akkadian) stands for 3600 and hence 18 ''saroi'' was translated as 64,800 years.
A saroi or saros is an astrologolical term defined as 222 lunar months of 29.5 days or 18.5 lunar years equal to 17.93 solar years.