Suddenly he remembered a famous pharaoh whose name appeared in ancient Greek chronicles and also in the Biblical Book of Exodus: Rameses, or Ramesses.

—The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone,
James Cross Giblin

Which word or phrase from the passage is the best clue for figuring out the meaning of "chronicles”?

“famous”
“pharaoh”
“ancient Greek”
“name appeared in”