May in the calendar of Antiochus of Athens

Μὴν Μάϊος. May
αʹ. Ὑάδων ἐπιτολή · ἐπισημασία. 1.  The rising of the Hyades : weather change.
βʹ. ὁ λαμπρὸς τῆς Λύρας ἑσπέριος ἀνατέλλει · ἐπισημασία. 2.  The radiance of the Lyre arises in the west : weather change.
δʹ. Αἲξ ἑσπερία δύνει · ἐπισημασία. 3.  The Goat sets in the west : weather change.
θʹ. Πλειάδες ἀνατέλλουσιν ἅμα ἡλίὤ ·  ἐπισημασία. 9.  The Pleiades rise at the same time as the sun : weather change.
ιαʹ. ὁ τοῦ ἡγουμένου ὤμου τοῦ Ὠρίωνος κρύπτεται. 11.  The leading shoulder of Orion is absent from the sky.
ιγʹ. ὁ Κύων κρύπτεται καὶ ὁ ἐν τῷ δεξιῷ βραχίονι τοῦ Κενταῦρου ἑσπέριος ἀνατέλλει. 13.  Sirius is absent from the sky and rises in the right arm of the Centaur in the west.
ιζʹ. Ἀντάρης ἑῷος δύνει. 17.  Antares sets in the east.
ιηʹ. Αἲξ ἑσπερία ἀνατέλλει. 18.  The Goat arises in the west.
καʹ. Ἀρκτοῦρος ἑῷος δύνει ·  ἐπισημασία. 21.  Arcturus sets in the east :  weather change.
κγʹ. Ὑάδες καὶ Ἀετὸς ἀνατέλλουσιν · ἐπισημασία ἐν ἡμέραις ἑπτά. 23.  The Hyades and the Eagle arise : weather change in seven days time.
κεʹ. παχνίτου ἔκβασις. 25.  End of Pachnite.
κηʹ. Προκύων κρύπτεται καὶ ὁ λαμπρὸς τοῦ Ἀετοῦ ἑσπερ́ριος ἀνατέλλει. 28.  Procyon is absent from the sky and the radiance of the Eagle arises in the west.
λαʹ. Πλειάδων ἐπιτολή. 31.  The rising of the Pleiades.
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