Sothis

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Page 475—Sotis amended to Sothis—"Rise, as radiant as Isis, rise as Sothis rises ..."

From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Glovatski, Alexander

Either the calendar did not originate in Egypt, or it was introduced in 2780 B.C., when again the heliacal rising Sothis fell on the first of Thoth.

From The Egyptian Conception of Immortality by Reisner, George Andrew

Brugsch points out that, in certain inscriptions at Denderah translated by Mariette, “the Sothis star of Hathor-Isis is designated as ‘the right eye of Ra’ while the sun is termed the left eye.”

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia

Sothic, sō′thik, adj. of or pertaining to the dog-star Sothis or Sirius.—Sothic cycle, or period, a period of 1460 years; Sothic year, the ancient Egyptian fixed year, according to the heliacal rising of Sirius.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

To the gods and demigods Manetho allows twelve Sothis periods, i. e. 17,520 Julian years.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max