Sothis
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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
It seems that the priests comprised the whole duration of the world in twenty-five Sothis periods, i. e. in 36,525 Egyptian years.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
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 Alexander Glovatski
Before the Sothis period of the kings, the gods had ruled over Egypt, to whom, therefore, a number of Sothis cycles, naturally more extensive than those given to the rule of men, was allotted.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
The history of Egypt must comprise a definite number of Sothis periods.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
