129 
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Herodotus in his eulogium on the solar calen- 
dar of the Egyptians^ explains himself veiy 
clearly on this simple, though very imperfect 
method : om yih dia Tfurov srsoq l|x€oA/piov 
i7F£(jLfidhKovffif TMV (apscov liveasv. 
• 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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