Xanthikos
Xanthicus (zan thi kes) is the Greek name on the ancient Greek calendar for the month that corresponds to the Hebrew month of Nisan. Nisan corresponds to our Gregorian calendar month of March/April. Xanthicus had 31 days.
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2010 A-Z Challenge: X is for Xerxes
2011 A-Z Challenge: X is for Xanthikos
14 comments:
Thank you for sharing that. I didn't know! :-)
Interesting, Gregg! Thanks for sharing. Happy Thursday! :o)
Very creative X post!
I'm finding these final letters to be a bit of a challenge, as well as quite intriguingly obscure. Check out my "xeriscape" post!
I wonder if the ancient Greeks celebrated Xanthicus Fools Day? Surly there must have been a few fools around in the old days :-)
Good choice for 'X'! I contemplated how it could fit into my theme for the challenge, but never worked it out. Glad you chose to feature it!
Wonderful! I have always wanted to learn about the ancient calendar. I've always been told that Jesus was really born in our month of September. Is that true Gregg?
Great X post.
Very interesting. I've fallen a little behind and need to catch up on your other letters!
Again this was very interesting, thanks for enlightening us,
Yvonne.
Brief and to the the point. A+ for you today.
Lucy
Hi Gregg: Thanks for stopping by my blog today and leaving a comment! I really appreciate it! Blessings to you and yours!!!
I love all the new X words I've been learning today!
Awesome. Thanks for sharing this Gregg.
Well, there you have it! I've been wondering about how you'd get through "X."
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