Attic calendar — The Attic calendar is a hellenic calendar that was in use in ancient Attica, the ancestral territory of the Athenian polis. This article focuses on the 5th and 4th centuries BC, the classical period that produced some of the most significant… … Wikipedia
Coligny calendar — Overview of the re assembled tablet Detail of Mid Samonios The … Wikipedia
Ancient Macedonian calendar — The Ancient Macedonian calendar is a lunisolar calendar that was in use in ancient Macedon in the 1st millennium BC. It consisted of 12 synodic lunar months (i.e. 354 days per year), which needed intercalary months to stay in step with the… … Wikipedia
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.) … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hellenic calendars — The Hellenic calendar mdash;or more properly, the Hellenic calendars, for there was no uniform calendar imposed upon all of Classical Greece mdash;began in most Greek states between Autumn and Winter except the Attic calendar,which began in… … Wikipedia
List of calendars — In current use*Assyrian calendar *Astronomical year numbering *Bahá í calendar *Bengali calendar *Berber calendar *Buddhist calendar *Chinese calendar *Coptic calendar *Ethiopian calendar *Fiscal year varies with different countries. Used in… … Wikipedia
Callippic cycle — In astronomy and calendar studies, the Callippic cycle (or Calippic) is a particular approximate common multiple of the year (specifically the tropical year) and the synodic month, that was proposed by Callippus in 330 BC. It is a period of 76… … Wikipedia
Olympiad — Stadium at ancient Olympia An Olympiad is a period of four years, associated with the Olympic Games of Classical Greece. In the Hellenistic period, beginning with Ephorus, Olympiads were used as calendar epoch. In this reckoning, the first… … Wikipedia
Ancient Greek units of measurement — The ancient Greek system of weights and measures was built mainly upon the Egyptian, and formed the basis of the later Roman system.: Although we might suggest that the Egyptians had discovered the art of measurement, it is really only with the… … Wikipedia
Meton of Athens — (Greek: Μέτων ὁ Ἀθηναῖος; gen.: Μέτωνος) was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, geometer, and engineer who lived in Athens in the 5th century BC. He is best known for calculations involving the eponymous 19 year Metonic cycle which he introduced… … Wikipedia