Attic calendar
The
Attic calendar is the name of the calendar used in
Ancient Athens. It is a
lunisolar calendar, combining elements of solar calendars and lunar calendars. Each year began near the
autumnal equinox, and was divided into 12 months, each beginning with the
new moon.
- Boedromion
- Pyanepsion
- Maimakterion
- Poseideon
- Gamelion
- Anthesterion
- Elaphebolion
- Mounykhion
- Thargelion
- Skirophorion
- Hekatombaion
- Metageitnion
An
intercalary month was used to keep a fixed relation to the seasons.
This months, called the "the second Poseideon," was at first inserted in an inexact way, but later more systematically in years 3, 5, 8, 11, 13, 16, 19 of the
Metonic cycle. Dates were reckoned by Olympiads, which were equal to four years.
References
- Webster's 1913 Dictionary