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This period, measured thus by the heliacal rising of Sothis, is spoken of as the Sothic cycle.
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The Egyptians worshipped the star as Sothis, and it was believed to be the abode of the soul of Isis.
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Hence the priests of Lower Egypt commenced the reign of the seven great gods with the beginning of a Sothis period.
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Then followed, beginning like the rest with the beginning of a Sothis period, the rule of human kings.
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The beginning of the inundation of the Nile was marked by the rising of the star Sothis or Sirius.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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