Sothis

Historical Examples of sothis

• The twelve months completed, a new year began, whose birth was heralded by the rising of Sothis in the early days of August.

  History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12)

  G. Maspero

• This was based upon the heliacal rising of Sirius (Sothis) coincident with the beginning of the inundation.

  The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X)

  Various

• Their year originally began when the rapid rising of the Nile coincided with the rising of the star Sirius, called by them Sothis.

  Archology and the Bible

  George A. Barton

• This period, measured thus by the heliacal rising of Sothis, is spoken of as the Sothic cycle.

  A History of Science, Volume 1(of 5)

  Henry Smith Williams

• The Egyptians worshipped the star as Sothis, and it was believed to be the abode of the soul of Isis.

  The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'

  Thomas Orchard