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Herodotus *, in his eulogium on the solar calen- 

 dar of the Egyptians, explains himself very 

 clearly on this simple, though very imperfect 

 method : oau "EKXvivsc, psv 5/a rpirov ersoc, l/x€oA;f/,ov 

 exenficiKKovai, tcov upeoav eivsitev. 



• Herod, lib. ii, cap. 4, ed. Wesselin., 1763, p. 105 : 

 Censorin. de Die natali, c. 18 : Ideler, Histor. Untersuch- 

 ungen, p, 176. 



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