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  • Athenian sources claim the month was Thargelion, roughly modern May.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • Athenian sources claim the month was Thargelion, roughly modern May.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • By good fortune and skillful management he appeared before Piraeus, on the twenty-sixth of Thargelion, before anything had been heard of him.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • It is the twenty-fifth day of Thargelion, when the Praxiergidae solemnize their secret rites, taking all the ornaments from off her image, and keeping the part of the temple where it stands close covered.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • It was dissolved on the fourteenth day of the month Thargelion, and the Four Hundred entered into office on the twenty-first; whereas the regular Council, elected by lot, ought to have entered into office on the fourteenth of

    The Athenian Constitution 2002

  • Kine in general begin to submit to the male about the month of Thargelion or of Scirophorion; some, however, are capable of conception right on to the autumn.

    The History of Animals 2002

  • It was dissolved on the fourteenth day of the month Thargelion, and the Four Hundred entered into office on the twenty-first; whereas the regular Council, elected by lot, ought to have entered into office on the fourteenth of

    The Athenian Constitution 2002

  • It was dissolved on the fourteenth day of the month Thargelion, and the Four Hundred entered into office on the twenty-first; whereas the regular Council, elected by lot, ought to have entered into office on the fourteenth of Scirophorion.

    THE ATHENIAN CONSTITUTION 1961

  • It is the twenty-fifth day of Thargelion, when the Praxiergidæ solemnize their secret rites, taking all the ornaments from off her image, and keeping the part of the temple where it stands close covered.

    Alcibiades Plutarch 1909

  • Thargelion, and the Four Hundred entered into office on the twenty-first; whereas the regular Council, elected by lot, ought to have entered into office on the fourteenth of Scirophorion.

    The Athenian Constitution 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle 1907

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