Athenian Calendars and Ekklesias (Monographs on Ancient Greek History and Archaeology)

- Epigraphical Evidence for Irregularities in Festival Calendar. - Omitted Day: Epigraphical Evidence. - Literary Evidence for Omitted Day. - Lunar vs. Leap-Day Calendar. - Prytany Calendar. - The Athenian Prytany Calendar and Ekklesias. - Indices: Inscriptions, ancient authors, selected subjects A specialist study of the principles of Athenian time-reckoning. Pritchett looks at the devising and manipulation of festival and prytany calendars, the irregularities found within them, and addresses the complexities of lunar cycles, extra days and leap years. Greek terms and extracts are not translated and this is definitely a book for the specialist. W. Kendrick Pritchett. Indices: P. 237-250. Includes Bibliographical Footnotes.