Boëdromion

Boëdromion ( Greek  Βοηδρομιών , also in the minor form Βαδρομιών , Badromion ) was a month in several ancient Greek calendars , which are based on the Ionic calendar. In the form of Badromios ( Βαδρόμιος , also Βατρόμιος , Batromios ) he also appears in Doric calendars.

In the Attic calendar Boëdromion was the third, in later counts the first month of the year after the Metageitnion and before the Pyanopsion . In the Julian calendar , it roughly corresponds to the month of September . The name is traced back to the festival Boëdromia , a festival of sacrifice for Apollon Boëdromios held this month . The name of the month for Olbia , Lampsakos , Priene and Chios is documented in inscriptions. The Doric form can be found in calendars from Knidos , Kos , Kalymna and Rhodes .

literature

• Wilhelm Kubitschek : Boëdromion . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 595.