Little Almanac

Hellenic

Where
the Greek mainland, the Aegean and the Greek settlements abroad
When
before Christianisation, roughly the eighth century BCE to the fourth century CE
What survives
Contemporary inscriptions, calendars and cult material, alongside a large literary tradition.

1 entry

Every entry here carries an evidence grade, because the distance between the evidence and the subject is the first thing to know about this material.

  • Heliacal RisingsConceptEvidence grade A of five, A strongest, E weakest: Contemporary insider document, or a dated object

    Before calendars were reliable, the year was told by which stars were visible at dawn. The mechanism, the texts that use it, and why the dates drift.