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 Risings
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.