Alexandria and the moon : an investigation into the lunar Macedonian calendar of Ptolemaic Egypt /

Alexandria and the moon : an investigation into the lunar Macedonian calendar of Ptolemaic Egypt /

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Main Author: Bennett, Chris (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Series: Studia Hellenistica ; 52.

Subjects:

Ptolemaic dynasty, > 305-30 B.C.
Calendar, Greek.
Calendar, Egyptian.
Chronology, Greek.
Chronology, Egyptian.
Egypt > History > 332-30 B.C. > Chronology.
Greece > History > Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. > Chronology.

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Call Number: CE42 .B46

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Patterns of use of the Macedonian calendar
  • Macedonian calendar in Alexandria
  • Macedonian New Year after Zenon
  • Macedonian calendar after Zenon
  • Macedonian New Year before Zenon
  • Purpose of biennial intercalation
  • Appendix A. Detecting Canopic dates
  • Appendix B. Macedonian New Year outside Egypt
  • Appendix C. Macedonian intercalation outside Egypt.