ε1293Ἔνη καὶ νέα
old and new
Amongst Athenians this was the name for what we call the thirtieth [day of the month], the new moon, because in these days it happens that the moon has both its end and its rising. It was then that they used to demand…
Ἔνη καὶ νέα· οὕτω παρ' Ἀθηναίοις ἡ παρ' ἡμῖν τριακάς, ἡ νεομηνία, ἐπειδὴ συμβαίνει ἐν αὐταῖς καὶ λήγειν τὴν σελήνην καὶ γεννᾶσθαι. τότε δὲ μὴ ταχέως ἀποδιδόντας τοὺς τόκους ἢ τὰ…