WORDS DEALING WITH TIME
CHRON-
What does it mean?
WORD TOWER
CHRONOLOGY
Made of two roots• Chron-• -ology-
CHRONICLE
SYNCHRONIZE
CHRONIC
CHRONOMETER
CHRONOCYCLEGRAPH
WHAT DAY IS IT? WHY?
MYTHOLOGY
THE BEGINNING
The Greeks named the days week after the sun, the moon and the five known planets, which were in turn named after the gods Ares, Hermes, Zeus, Aphrodite, and Cronus. The Greeks called the days of the week the Theon hemerai "days of the Gods".
THEN CAME THE ROMANS
The Romans substituted their equivalent gods for the Greek gods, Mars, Mercury, Jove (Jupiter), Venus, and Saturn. (The two pantheons are very similar.)
THE NORDIC (NORSE)
THE NORDIC
The Germanic peoples generally substituted roughly similar gods for the Roman gods, Tiu (Twia), Woden, Thor, Freya (Fria), but did not substitute Saturn.days of the week in various languages *stop at end
SUNDAYSun’s Day
• Old English Sunnandæg
Sun god Apollo (Greek and Roman) in late Greek and Roman mythology. Some languages have changed this day to mean “Lord’s day” to better reflect their religions.
MONDAY
Moon’s Day• Old English
Mōnandæg• This is likely
based on a translation of the Latin name dies lunae (Spanish lunes.)
TUESDAY
Mars’ Day (Roman)
Mars (Ares=Greek): god of war, battle rage and initiation; son of Zeus/Hera
Norse: Tiw's-day Tiw (Tyr): god of battle and victory
WEDNESDAY
Mercury’s Day• Old English Wōdnesdæg
Mercury (Hermes): god of commerce; Messenger of the gods; Trickster god; son of Zeus/Maia
Woden's-day Woden/Wotan (Odin): Father and ruler of the gods and mortals; god of war, learning, poetry and the dead.
THURSDAY
Jupiter’s Day• Ger. Donnerstag
Jupiter Jove (Zeus): son of Kronos/Rhea; Supreme god, Lord of Heaven (Olympus) and mortals
Norse: Thor's-day Thor: god of thunder and sky, and good crops; son of Odin and Frigg.
FRIDAY
Venus’ Day• Old English Frīgedæg
Venus (Aphrodite): goddess of sexual desire, love, beauty and procreation
Norse: Frigg's (Friia's)-day Frigg (Friia): wife of Odin; great mother of the gods; goddess of married love.
SATURDAY
Saturn’s Day• Its original Anglo-
Saxon rendering was Sæturnesdæg
Saturn (Kronos): god of fertility, agriculture, time; ruler of the Titans; father of first generation of Greek gods Saturn's-day.
HOW ABOUT THE MONTHS?
HISTORY OF CALENDARS
Julian Calendar: 45 B.C.Gregorian Calendar: (also known as Western or Christian)
• Signed by Pope Gregory XIII Feb 24, 1582• Many countries with Protestants or Eastern Othodox did
not agree with the change.• 1600 Scotland adapts• 1752 England adapts• Some as late as 20th century (Russia and Greece)• Made adjustments of 11 minutes per year, changed number
of leap years. AND changed the beginning of the year to more closely fit Christian calendar.
MARCH
Mars: Roman God of War. March was the original beginning of the year and time for the resumption of war.
APRIL
Aphrodite: Greek goddess of love and beauty.
Also possibly related to the latin verb APERIRE “to open” as this is the month that buds open.
MAY
Maia : Goddess of spring
JUNE
Juno`s monthJuno is the goddess of marriage and well-being of women
JULY
Julius Caesar was born in
this month.
He reformed the calendar system, and in the process named a month after himself.
AUGUST
Augustus Caesar: Great-nephew of JuliusNamed this month after himself when he was completing and clarifying Julius Ceasar’s calendar. It is said that many good things happened to him this month, so he named it after himself.
SEPTEMBER
From SEPT = SEVEN
OCTOBER
From OCT = EIGHT
NOVEMBER
From NOV=NINE
DECEMBER
From DEC = TEN
JANUARY
Janus: Roman God of Beginning and Endings
FEBRUARY
Februa= Feast of purification celebrated in Rome during this month.
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