FROM THE WORKS OF

JOHN LAURENTIUS LYDUS original: ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΛΑΥΡΕΝΤΙΟΥ ΛΥΔΟΥ (Iōannou Laurentiou Lydou); a 6th-century Byzantine official and writer known for his scholarly works on Roman antiquities.

ON THE MONTHS original: ΠΕΡΙ ΜΗΝΩΝ (Peri Mēnōn); a treatise exploring the history, mythology, and customs associated with the Roman calendar.

FROM

JOHN LAURENTIUS LYDUS

ON THE MONTHS

EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOKS original: Libris Excerpta; this indicates that the following text is not the complete original work—which was partially lost—but rather a collection of surviving fragments and selections.