Talk:Attic calendar
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I have seen scholarly reference books that claimed the Attic calendar started at many times (first full moon after summer solstice seems popular). I can't be entirely sure unless I see some primary sources, but starting close to the autumnal equinox seems to fit best so far. Conrad Leviston 09:41, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- Wouldn't the summer solstice be more locical? After all, that's where the extra month is fitted in. Aliter 11:17, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary?
The reference on this is a rather vague "Webster's 1913 Dictionary". Can anyone be more specific? By that date, there was more than one dictionary using the name "Webster". -- Jmabel 02:08, Oct 1, 2004 (UTC)
Olympiad reckoning
Now that the Olympiad article distinguishes between the ancient Olympiads and the Olympiads of the Modern era, it appears as a more appropriate place to treat the Olympiad reckoning. That is not unique to Athens, after all, nor was it tied very closely to the calendar. I don't think it even was in official use for very long. Are there other points of view? (I've already put up a version there. Please compare, as there are differences.) Aliter 14:24, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
To Do list from article
I'm moving this out of the body of the article and putting it here:
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Binabik80 17:50, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
Tolkien is irrelevant
Much as I love J.R.R. Tolkien, this is irrelevant here: There is also a land in Middle-earth called Thargelion.--08:26, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
Some sources
This article as it stands bears no relation to the account of festival calendars in Walter Burkert, Greek Religion 1985, pp 225ff. Burkert gives as reference sources
- W.K. Pritchett and O. Neugebauer, ''The Calendars of Athens 1947
- B.D. Merrit, The Athenian Year, 1961
- J.D. Mikalson, The Sacred and Civil Calendar of the Athenian Year, 1975.
I would edit if I were competent, but I won't apply one of those "contested" labels. This entry needs rethinking from the ground up. --Wetman 09:09, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
