Sothis
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Origin of Sothis
< Greek Sṓthis < Egyptian spdt
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Thus to the Egyptians this star Sothis was "the Lady of the Beginning."
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
The legs of Sothis are stablished, and I am born in their state of rest.”
From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Epiphanius Wilson
Then followed, beginning like the rest with the beginning of a Sothis period, the rule of human kings.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
This Sothis period commenced either in the year 5702 B.C., or, according to the arrangement of Lepsius, with the year 4242 B.C.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
After this, according to some authorities, began the period of human rulers; others allotted four Sothis periods, i. e.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
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