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WORDS DEALING WITH TIME
CHRON-
What does it mean?
WORD TOWER
CHRONOLOGY
Made of two roots• Chron-• -ology-
CHRONICLE
SYNCHRONIZE
CHRONIC
CHRONOMETER
CHRONOCYCLEGRAPH
WHAT DAY IS IT? WHY?
MYTHOLOGY
THE BEGINNING
The Greeks named the days week after the
sun, the moon and the five known planets,
which were in turn named after the gods
Ares, Hermes, Zeus, Aphrodite, and Cronus.
The Greeks called the days of the week the
Theon hemerai "days of the Gods".
THEN CAME THE ROMANS
The Romans substituted their
equivalent gods for the Greek gods,
Mars, Mercury, Jove (Jupiter),
Venus, and Saturn. (The two
pantheons are very similar.)
THE NORDIC (NORSE)
THE NORDIC
The Germanic peoples generally
substituted roughly similar gods for the
Roman gods, Tiu (Twia), Woden, Thor,
Freya (Fria), but did not substitute Saturn.
days of the week in various languages *stop at end
SUNDAYSun’s Day
• Old English Sunnandæg
Sun god Apollo (Greek and Roman) in late Greek
and Roman mythology. Some languages have
changed this day to mean “Lord’s day” to better
reflect their religions.
MONDAY
Moon’s Day• Old English
Mōnandæg• This is likely
based on a translation of the Latin name dies lunae (Spanish lunes.)
TUESDAY
Mars’ Day (Roman)
Mars (Ares=Greek):
god of war, battle rage
and initiation; son of
Zeus/Hera
Norse: Tiw's-day Tiw
(Tyr): god of battle and
victory
WEDNESDAY
Mercury’s Day• Old English Wōdnesdæg
Mercury (Hermes): god of
commerce; Messenger of the
gods; Trickster god; son of
Zeus/Maia
Woden's-day Woden/Wotan
(Odin): Father and ruler of the
gods and mortals; god of war,
learning, poetry and the dead.
THURSDAY
Jupiter’s Day• Ger. Donnerstag
Jupiter Jove (Zeus): son of
Kronos/Rhea; Supreme god,
Lord of Heaven (Olympus)
and mortals
Norse: Thor's-day Thor:
god of thunder and sky, and
good crops; son of Odin and
Frigg.
FRIDAY
Venus’ Day• Old English Frīgedæg
Venus (Aphrodite):
goddess of sexual desire,
love, beauty and procreation
Norse: Frigg's (Friia's)-day
Frigg (Friia): wife of Odin;
great mother of the gods;
goddess of married love.
SATURDAY
Saturn’s Day• Its original Anglo-
Saxon rendering was Sæturnesdæg
Saturn (Kronos): god of
fertility, agriculture, time;
ruler of the Titans; father
of first generation of
Greek gods Saturn's-day.
HOW ABOUT THE MONTHS?
HISTORY OF CALENDARS
Julian Calendar: 45 B.C.
Gregorian Calendar: (also known as Western or
Christian)• Signed by Pope Gregory XIII Feb 24, 1582• Many countries with Protestants or Eastern Othodox did
not agree with the change.• 1600 Scotland adapts• 1752 England adapts• Some as late as 20th century (Russia and Greece)• Made adjustments of 11 minutes per year, changed
number of leap years. AND changed the beginning of the year to more closely fit Christian calendar.
MARCH
Mars: Roman
God of War.
March was the
original beginning of
the year and time
for the resumption
of war.
APRIL
Aphrodite: Greek goddess of love
and beauty.
Also possibly related
to the latin verb
APERIRE “to open” as
this is the month that
buds open.
MAY
Maia :
Goddess of
spring
JUNE
Juno`s
month
Juno is the
goddess of
marriage and
well-being of
women
JULY
Julius
Caesar was born in
this month.
He reformed the
calendar system, and
in the process named a
month after himself.
AUGUST
Augustus Caesar:
Great-nephew of JuliusNamed this month after himself
when he was completing and
clarifying Julius Ceasar’s calendar. It
is said that many good things
happened to him this month, so he
named it after himself.
SEPTEMBER
From SEPT =
SEVEN
OCTOBER
From OCT =
EIGHT
NOVEMBER
From NOV=NINE
DECEMBER
From DEC = TEN
JANUARY
Janus:
Roman God of
Beginning and
Endings
FEBRUARY
Februa=
Feast of
purification
celebrated in
Rome during
this month.