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WORDS DEALING WITH TIME
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CHRON- What does it mean? WORD TOWER
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CHRONOLOGY Made of two roots Chron- -ology-
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CHRONICLE
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SYNCHRONIZE
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CHRONIC
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CHRONOMETER
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CHRONOCYCLEGRAPH
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WHAT DAY IS IT? WHY?
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MYTHOLOGY
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THE BEGINNING The Greeks named the days week after the sun, the moon and the five known planets, which were in turn named after the gods Ares, Hermes, Zeus, Aphrodite, and Cronus. The Greeks called the days of the week the Theon hemerai "days of the Gods".
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THEN CAME THE ROMANS The Romans substituted their equivalent gods for the Greek gods, Mars, Mercury, Jove (Jupiter), Venus, and Saturn. (The two pantheons are very similar.)
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THE NORDIC (NORSE)
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THE NORDIC The Germanic peoples generally substituted roughly similar gods for the Roman gods, Tiu (Twia), Woden, Thor, Freya (Fria), but did not substitute Saturn. days of the week in various languages *stop at end days of the week in various languages
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SUNDAY Sun’s Day Old English Sunnandæg Sun god Apollo (Greek and Roman) in late Greek and Roman mythology. Some languages have changed this day to mean “Lord’s day” to better reflect their religions.
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MONDAY Moon’s Day Old English Mōnandæg This is likely based on a translation of the Latin name dies lunae (Spanish lunes.)
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TUESDAY Mars’ Day (Roman) Mars (Ares=Greek): god of war, battle rage and initiation; son of Zeus/Hera Norse: Tiw's-day Tiw (Tyr): god of battle and victory
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WEDNESDAY Mercury’s Day Old English Wōdnesdæg Mercury (Hermes): god of commerce; Messenger of the gods; Trickster god; son of Zeus/Maia Woden's-day Woden/Wotan (Odin): Father and ruler of the gods and mortals; god of war, learning, poetry and the dead.
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THURSDAY Jupiter’s Day Ger. Donnerstag Jupiter Jove (Zeus): son of Kronos/Rhea; Supreme god, Lord of Heaven (Olympus) and mortals Norse: Thor's-day Thor: god of thunder and sky, and good crops; son of Odin and Frigg.
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FRIDAY Venus’ Day Old English Frīgedæg Venus (Aphrodite): goddess of sexual desire, love, beauty and procreation Norse: Frigg's (Friia's)-day Frigg (Friia): wife of Odin; great mother of the gods; goddess of married love.
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SATURDAY Saturn’s Day Its original Anglo-Saxon rendering was Sæturnesdæg Saturn (Kronos): god of fertility, agriculture, time; ruler of the Titans; father of first generation of Greek gods Saturn's-day.god
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HOW ABOUT THE MONTHS?
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HISTORY OF CALENDARS Julian Calendar: 45 B.C. Gregorian Calendar: (also known as Western or Christian) Signed by Pope Gregory XIII Feb 24, 1582 Many countries with Protestants or Eastern Othodox did not agree with the change. 1600 Scotland adapts 1752 England adapts Some as late as 20 th century (Russia and Greece) Made adjustments of 11 minutes per year, changed number of leap years. AND changed the beginning of the year to more closely fit Christian calendar.
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MARCH Mars: Roman God of War. March was the original beginning of the year and time for the resumption of war.
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APRIL Aphrodite: Greek goddess of love and beauty. Also possibly related to the latin verb APERIRE “to open” as this is the month that buds open.
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MAY Maia : Goddess of spring
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JUNE Juno`s month Juno is the goddess of marriage and well- being of women
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JULY Julius Caesar was born in this month. He reformed the calendar system, and in the process named a month after himself.
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AUGUST Augustus Caesar: Great-nephew of Julius Named this month after himself when he was completing and clarifying Julius Ceasar’s calendar. It is said that many good things happened to him this month, so he named it after himself.
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SEPTEMBER From SEPT = SEVEN
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OCTOBER From OCT = EIGHT
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NOVEMBER From NOV=NINE
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DECEMBER From DEC = TEN
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JANUARY Janus: Roman God of Beginning and Endings
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FEBRUARY Februa= Feast of purification celebrated in Rome during this month.
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