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CRONIUS

Volume 6 · 52 words · 1815 Edition

in Chronology, the ancient name of the Athenian month Hecatombaion; which was the Cronstadt first of their year, and answered to the latter part of our June and beginning of July.—There were feasts called Cronienes celebrated at Athens in this month, in honour of Saturn, answering to the Saturnalia of the Romans.