Happy Twentieth of January 2025

And today is one of those rare occurrences when the ancient Greek calendar commemoration of Epicurus' birthday on the 20th of Gamelion also coincides with the modern Gregorian calendar date of January 20!!

Note: It is well nigh impossible to fully synchronize the ancient and modern calendars for a myriad of reasons. However, the reckoning I'm using - and recommend - is that used by Hellenion: https://www.hellenion.org/calendar/

(And, yes, that image above is edited from a screenshot from my phone. Yes, I have the Hellenion calendar on my Google calendar as an option. Yes, I am a nerd... And proud of it )

PS: Oh, and in reading my Substack subscriptions, I see Hiram Crespo uses the same calendar:

Happy Hegemon Day: the Five Lucretian Hymns to the Hegemon

Happy Eikas and Welcome to year 2,366 of Epicurus!

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And for January/Gamelion 20, new discoveries in Pompeii... Or as I like to think of it, that city beside Herculaneum...

BBC Two - Pompeii: The New Dig, House of Treasures

At the biggest dig in a generation, archaeologists strike gold in a lavish Pompeiian home.

www.bbc.co.uk

Merry Eikas and Happy Hegemon Day!