hellenismo:Πέμπτη Ἱσταμένου, V day From today’s sunset: fifth day of Maimakterion. “Beware of all th
hellenismo:Πέμπτη Ἱσταμένου, V day From today’s sunset: fifth day of Maimakterion. “Beware of all the fifth days; for they are harsh and angry; it was on the fifth, they say, that the Erinyes assisted at the bearing of Horkos, whom Eris bore, to be a plague on those who take false oath.” “Shun the fifth days: i.e. the lunar days. We have heard from the Pythagoreans that the number five is number of Dike, and among them are told the causes of this..as She punishes all those who stray from the divine law, as told by Plato (Laws IV, 716a).” Scholia to Hesiod, Erga, 802-804 (Fortuna- Nemesis (II–III century, Museum Aquicense) -- source link
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