Aresion

Aresion ( ancient Greek Ἀρησιών ) was a month of the ancient calendar of Delos .

The month is known from an inscription found on Delos , on which all the Deli month names are recorded. He followed the month of Apaturion and stood before the Posideon . In the Julian calendar , it roughly corresponds to November .

It has been suggested that the name derives from the god Ares , but for philological reasons this assumption is considered outdated. The month may be based on an otherwise unrelated prayer festival Aresia, from Attic ἀρά or Doric ἀρή ("prayer"). This assumption is supported by the fact that, on the one hand, the month of Poitropios of the Delphic calendar is another month known that can be traced back to a prayer festival, and on the other hand, that parallel personal names such as Aresimbrotos ( Ἀρησίμβροτος ) or Aresos ( Ἄρησος ) are known from Delos are.

literature

Wilhelm Kubitschek : Aresion . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, column 667 ( digitized version ).

Remarks

↑ Bulletin de correspondance hellénique , Volume 29, 1909, p. 489 ( digitized version ).
^ Wilhelm Kubitschek: Aresion . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, column 667 ( digitized version ) ..
↑ Cf. Catherine Trümpy : Investigations into the ancient Greek month names and month sequences . C. Winter, Heidelberg 1997, ISBN 3-8253-0516-3 , p. 64.

[1] Bulletin de correspondance hellénique , Volume 29, 1909, p. 489 ( digitized version ).

[2] Wilhelm Kubitschek: Aresion . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, column 667 ( digitized version ) ..

[3] Cf. Catherine Trümpy : Investigations into the ancient Greek month names and month sequences . C. Winter, Heidelberg 1997, ISBN 3-8253-0516-3 , p. 64.