The Hellenic calendar—or more properly, the Hellenic calendars, for there was no uniform calendar imposed upon all of Classical Greece

Classical Greece

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—began in most Greek states between Autumn and Winter except the Attic calendar

Attic calendar

The Attic calendar is a hellenic calendar that was in use in ancient Attica, the ancestral territory of the Athenian polis. This article focuses on the 5th and 4th centuries BC, the classical period that produced some of the most significant works of ancient Greek literature. Because of the...

, which began in June. The Greeks, as early as the time of Homer

Homer

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, appear to have been perfectly familiar with the division of the year into the twelve lunar months but no intercalary month Embolimos or day is then mentioned. Independent of the division of a month into days, it was divided into periods according to the increase and decrease of the moon. Thus, the first day or new moon was called Noumenia. The month in which the year began, as well as the names of the months, differed among the states, and in some parts even no names existed for the months, as they were distinguished only numerically, as the first, second, third, fourth month, &c. In order to acquire any satisfactory knowledge of the Greek calendar, the local calendars should be studied separately.

Attic

Attica

Attica is a historical region of Greece, containing Athens, the current capital of Greece. The historical region is centered on the Attic peninsula, which projects into the Aegean Sea...

See Attic calendar

Attic calendar

The Attic calendar is a hellenic calendar that was in use in ancient Attica, the ancestral territory of the Athenian polis. This article focuses on the 5th and 4th centuries BC, the classical period that produced some of the most significant works of ancient Greek literature. Because of the...

• Hekatombaion - Εκατομβαιών (~ 15 June)
• Metageitnion - Μεταγειτνιών
• Boedromion - Βοηδρομιών
• Pyanepsion - Πυανοψιών (later Πυανεψιών)
• Maimakterion - Μαιμακτηριών
• Poseideon - Ποσιδεών (later Ποσειδεών)
• Gamelion - Γαμηλιών
• Anthesterion - Ανθεστηριών
• Elaphebolion - Ελαφηβολιών
• Mounichion - Μουνυχιών (later Μουνιχιών)
• Thargelion - Θαργηλιών
• Skirophorion - Σκιροφοριών

Boeotian

Boeotian

Boeotian may refer to:* The people from Boeotia, a region of central ancient Greece* One of several sub-dialects of the Aeolic Greek dialect of the Greek language, spoken by the Boeotians....

• Bucatios - (~ 23 December)
• Hermaios -
• Prostaterios -
• Agrionios -
• Theilouthios -
• -
• Homoloios -
• Hippodromios -
• Panamos -
• Pamboiotios -
• Damatrios -
• Alalcomenios -

Cretan

• Thesmophorion (~ 23 September)
• Hermaios -
• Eiman
• Matarchios
• Agyios
• Dioscouros
• Theodosios
• Pontos
• Rhabinthios
• Hyperberetos
• Necysios
• Basilios

Delphi

Delphi

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• Bucatios (~September)
• Heraios
• Apellaios
• -
• Dadaphorios
• Poitropios
• Bysios
• Artemisios
• Heracleios
• Boathoos
• Ilaios
• Theoxenios

Epirotic

Epirus

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only alphabetically

• Agrianios
• Apellaios
• Gamilios
• Haliotropios
• Kraneios
• Panamos
• Phoinikaios
• Psydros

Laconian

Sparta

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• Herasios (~October)
• Apellaios
• Diosthyos
• -
• Eleusinios
• Gerastios
• Artemisios
• Delphinios
• Phliastos
• Hecatombeus
• Carneios
• Panamos

Macedon

Macedon

Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south....

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See Macedonian calendar

Ancient Macedonian calendar

The Ancient Macedonian calendar is a lunisolar calendar that was in use in ancient Macedon in the 1st millennium BC. It consisted of 12 synodic lunar months , which needed intercalary months to stay in step with the seasons...

• Dios (~October)
• Apellaios
• Audynaios
• Peritios
• Dystros
• Xanthikos
• Artemisios
• Daisios
• Panamos
• Loios
• Gorpiaios
• Hyperberetaios

Rhodian

on the Rhodian calendar

• Agrianios (~ 7 January)
• Badromios
• Theudasios
• Dalios
• Artamitios
• Panamos and Panamos embolimos
• Pedageitnyos
• Hyacynthios
• Carneios
• Thesmophorios
• Sminthios
• Diosthyos

Sicilian

Magna Graecia

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• Thesmophorios (~October)
• Dalios
• -
• Agrianios
• -
• Theudasios
• Artamitios
• -
• Badromios
• Hyacinthios
• Carneios
• Panamos