It's easy to say roughly what day it is in the Roman calendar, although there are problems with inaccuracy, especially before Caesar reformed the calendar, but in all, the Ides of March was approximately the 15th of March in Caesar's time as it is now. But the same can't be said of events in the Greek calendar -- even if we restrict it to the Athenian calendar. Today's date, based on the Athenian calendar, is the 6/7 of the month of Thargelion, in the 3rd year of the 696th Olympiad. This year, Thargelion runs from May 6/7 to June 4-5, 2008. Last year this was the month of Mounukhion. At least that is what it says on the calendar at HMEPA Hellenic Month Established Per Athens. A link to the HMEPA site was provided by ANCIEN-L@LISTSERV.LOUISVILLE.EDU.

Events for the Month of Monukhia, from the same site (Compiled List of Festivals):

• 4th day of Thargelion - Sacrifice to Leto, Pythian Apollon, Zeus, Hermes & Dioscuri at Erchia
• 6?7 - Thargelia - Festival in honor of Apollo
  1st day - Purification, driving out of the scapegoats
  2nd day - Offering of the thargelos
• 16 - Sacrifice to Zeus Epakrios at Erchia
• 19 - Bendideia Festival in honor of Bendis
• 19 - Sacrifice to Menedeius at Erchia
• 25? - Kallunteria - Spring cleaning of the Temple of Athena
• 25 - Plunteria Festival of washing

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