Calendar of Delos
The Delos calendar is a Greek calendar from the Ionian calendar group that was in use on the Cycladic island of Delos .
The calendar dates are from an inscription from the year 270/69 BC discovered by Théophile Homolle in 1878 . Fully known. The inscription contains all the names of the months in the correct order starting from the beginning of the year. The month of Panemos is also attested as a leap month .
The best known Ionic calendar, the Attic calendar, serves as a reference calendar for locating the months of the year . The month of July corresponds roughly to the Hekatombaion in the Julian calendar .
| Calendar of Delos | Attic calendar |
|---|---|
| Hekatombaion ( Ἑκατομβαιών ) | Hekatombaion |
| Metageitnion ( Μεταγειτνιών ) | Metageitnion |
| Buphonion ( Βουφονιών ) | Boëdromion |
| Apaturion ( Ἀπατουριών ) | Pyanopsion |
| Aresion ( Ἀρησιών ) | Maimacterion |
| Posideon ( Ποσιδεών ) | Poseideon |
| Lenaion ( Ληναιών ) | Gamelion |
| Hieros ( Ἱερός ) | Anthesterion |
| Galaxion ( Γαλαξιών ) | Elaphebolion |
| Artemision ( Ἀρτεμισιών ) | Munichion |
| Targelion ( Ταργηλιών ) | Thargelion |
| Panemos ( Πάνημος ) | Skirophorion |
literature
- Catherine Trümpy : Studies on the ancient Greek month names and month sequences . C. Winter, Heidelberg 1997, ISBN 3-8253-0516-3 , p. 63f.
Remarks
- ↑ IG XI 2, 203
- ↑ Bulletin de correspondance hellénique , Volume 29, 1909, p. 489 ( digitized version ).