Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval (1843)
Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770-1842 · London : M. A. Nattali · leaf 470
heir scA^eral calculations. Pollux esays, what they call a horologe perhapssome one Avould call the pole (ttoXos) ;the pole denoting this according to thechanges of the sun. The Phoeniciansand Pherecydes claim the honour ofthe invention. At Pompeii has been found a calen-dar, but not accompanied… … dicular columns, each headed by theproper sign of the zodiac. The in-formation given may be classed underthree heads, astronomical, agricultural,and religious. The first besfins Avith ^ Enc. CayL Rec. ii. pi. 15. n. 8. GoughsCamd. i. 243. Archseol. ii. 68—74. xii. 108.Wart. Poetr. iii. 151. Sketch.…
Classical antiquities · Civilization, Medieval
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