Attic Calendar

The ancient Attica which was the ancestral territory of the Athenian Polis followed the Attic calendar during the 5th and 4th century BC. Quite contrary to the contemporary calendars the ancient Attic calendar unfolds the cultural, social, religious aspects of its ancient users. The origin and later development of the Attic calendar is still patchy however, modern historians does holds the verity that The Attic calendar was an entirely local development, which was eventually used in that long gone era mainly to regulate the internal affairs of the Athenians which had almost no or very little relevance to the outer world.

The ancient Athenians followed a number of Attic calendars simultaneously in order to fix dates for varied purposes. A festival calendar of 12 months based on the cycle of the moon, a popular state calendar consisting of 10 absolute months and an agricultural calendar in accord to the star risings ruled the lives of the Athenians.

Attic calendar was typically a lunisolar calendar where the lunisolar calendar where the year begins with the first sighting of the new moon right after the summer solstice. In the Attic calendar 12 lunar months ideally adds up to complete the 354 days cycle. Stay connected to 123newyear.com to know the details of the Attic calendar.