κατὰ τοὺς ἀρχαίους

kata tous archaious
Greek · adverb
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2026-10-22
Meanings
Literal translation
according to the ancients
Categories
calendrical concept
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1. according to the Egyptian calendar

1.a according to the Egyptian calendar calendrical concept

referring to the ancient Egyptian civil calendar in which each year consists of 12 months of 30 days, followed by 5 epagomenal days

ὥρ(ᾳ) [vac.?] εʹ πληρωμέν[ῃ ... κατ[ὰ δὲ] τοὺς ἀρχαίους [... ὥρ(α) ἡ πρ[ο]κειμένη [...

‘hour 5 complete[d ... according to the ancients [... the preceding hour [...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4256 2-4

Genre: horoscope Provenance: Oxyrhynchus Date: 269-275 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 266 + II: 394-395

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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2026). κατὰ τοὺς ἀρχαίους (Lemma #6420). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6420/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2026). κατὰ τοὺς ἀρχαίους (Lemma #6420). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6420/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2026). κατὰ τοὺς ἀρχαίους (Lemma #6420). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6420/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2026) κατὰ τοὺς ἀρχαίους (Lemma #6420), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6420/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6420,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2026},
	title = {κατὰ τοὺς ἀρχαίους ({Lemma} #6420)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6420/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6420/},
}