Sothis

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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

It was the star of Sept or Sothis, and, according to one myth, was identified with the goddess Hathor—the Aphrodite of the Greeks.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

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

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington

The more precise fixing of new year's day was accomplished through observation of the time of the so-called heliacal rising of the dog-star, Sirius, which bore the Egyptian name Sothis.

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington

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