greek calendar

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greek calendar - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Greek calendar \Greek calendar\
     1. Any of various calendars used by the ancient Greek states.
  
     Note: The Attic calendar divided the year into twelve
           months of 29 and 30 days, as follows: 1. Hecatomb[ae]on
           (July-Aug.).
           2. Metageitnion (Aug.-Sept.).
           3. Bo["e]dromion (Sept.-Oct.).
           4. Pyanepsion (Oct.-Nov.).
           5. M[ae]macterion (Nov.-Dec.).
           6. Poseideon (Dec.-Jan.).
           7. Gamelion (Jan.-Feb.).
           8. Anthesterion (Feb.-Mar.).
           9. Elaphebolion (Mar.-Apr.).
           10. Munychion (Apr.-May).
           11. Thargelion (May-June).
           12. Scirophorion (June-July). A fixed relation to the
           seasons was maintained by introducing an intercalary
           month, "the second Poseideon," at first in an inexact
           way, afterward in years 3, 5, 8, 11, 13, 16, 19 of the
           Metonic cycle. Dates were reckoned in Olympiads.
           [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. The Julian calendar, used in the Greek Church.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Greek calends