Hodie est a.d. III Non. Jul. 2775 AUC ~ 7 Hekatombion in the second year of the 700th Olympia

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends an abundance of grain but the downfall of a virtuous ruler.

… adapted from the text and translation of:

Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)

Hodie est a.d. IV Non. Jul. 2775 AUC ~ 6 Hekatombion in the second year of the 700th Olympia

nb: we were having tech issues yesterday …. this issue isn’t really complete but it’s close.

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

[sorry]

… adapted from the text and translation of:

Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)