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| | Greece Project 1 |
 | | In classical time the months began with the new moon and were named after festivals in each city. |
 | | The names of Athenian months were: Hekatombaion, Metageimion, Boedromion, Pyanopsion, Maimakierion, Poseidon, Gamelion, Anthesterion, Elaphebolion, Mounychion, Thargelion and Skirophorion. |
 | | After Alexander the Great's death, other calendars were adopted by the Greeks but some city-states kept their own calendars until about AD 200. |
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