Alexandria and the moon : an investigation into the lunar Macedonian calendar of Ptolemaic Egypt /
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Author / Creator: | Bennett, Chris. |
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Imprint: | Leuven ; Walpole, MA : Peeters, 2011. |
Description: | xxxvi, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studia Hellenistica ; 52 Studia Hellenistica ; 52. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8547136 |
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.