Fwd: [Iranica-L] Two Notes on Ancient Calendars

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Dear Friends,

 

Could anyone interested in ancient calendarics and astronomy (to some

extent) read through the following two short notes and let me have

his/her comments and corrections of any sort?:

 

http://www.parthian-empire.com/Metonic-Callippic-dates3.pdf

 

and,

 

http://www.parthian-empire.com/Calendar%20of%20Alexanders%20Death-dates3.pdf

 

The first one deals with some mathematical points that B. L. Van der

Waerden overlooked in his paper in the Journal of Hellenic Studies

(1960), regarding conversion of dates into the Metonic and Callippic

calendars.

 

The second note briefly addresses the possibility that the two

discrepant dates of Alexander's death in Plutarch may be on a

Callippic type calendar.

 

The first note is actually related to a third one I am revising that

deals with the three Chaldean dates in the Almagest. I'll upload that

one as soon as it is completed. It contains a good deal of

astronomical points and computations that demand multiple check, since

even a slight slip can lead to wrong results and misleading conclusions.

 

All the best,

Farhad Assar

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