Mommsen, T., 168, 286nn4,8
Months, Greek, 220n15, 279n96; Calli-
machus on, 300n207
Months, Roman: etymologies of, 170;
intercalary, 157, 280nn102,104,106,
281n119, 296n148; in Julian calendar,
153; Quintilis, 197, 296n143; renaming
of, 292n88; Sextilis, 161, 185
Morgan, L., 192, 294n115
Moses, in Greek historiography, 63
Mos maiorum, 35–36
Munz, P., 260n4
Murray, Les: “The C19 – 20,” 9
Muses: in Ennius, 144, 275n42; Homeric,
74; Pyrrhus’s statues of, 144; in temple
of Hercules Musarum, 275n40
Musical pitch, local standards for, 220n14
Mycale, battle of: synchronism with
Platea, 44, 231n8
Mycenae, decline of, 164, 284nn159 – 60
Myth: datability of, 79, 80, 245n62; Fall
of man in, 112 – 12; genealogies in, 80,
245n63; and history, 241n2, 245n53;
knowability of, 76; in Roman culture,
87; in Roman historiography, 68 – 69.
See alsoTime, mythic
Myth, Greek: Persian version of, 72, 73 –
74; Roman use of, 138; Timaeus’s use
of, 94 – 95
Naevius, 56 – 57; on foundation of Rome,
99, 255nn181 – 82; and Greek/barbarian
paradigm, 56-57; Greekness of,
255n182; knowledge of Fabius Pictor,
255n178
Nationalism: homogenous time in, 210;
temporal aspects of, 66 – 67
Nature: versusartifice, 270n118; estrange-
ment from, 120 – 22, 129; harmony
with, 109, 127, 128, 259n1;
Herodotus’s view of, 244n35; Seneca
on, 130 – 31; in Stoicism, 127, 128,
269n108. See also Time, natural
Naupactus, treaty of, 237n89
Nepos, Cornelius: Chronica, 21 – 23, 63;
Cicero’s use of, 227n95; De Excellen-
tibus Ducibus Exterarum Gentium, 24;
parallels of, 226n84
Nero (emperor of Rome): birthday of,
192; burning of Rome, 106 – 7; Golden
Age of, 131, 135 – 37; myths concerning,
105; posthumous reputation of, 136;
quinquennial games, 136; Seneca’s in-
fluence on, 192; subversion of temporal
distinctions, 105; Tacitus on, 105 – 7,
135, 191, 259n219, 293nn108,113; tour
of Greece, 294n113
Nicolaus of Damascus, Life of Augustus,
239n109
Ninus of Assyria, 65 – 66
Nones (Roman calendar), 152, 153; in
birthday calculations, 157; in Fasti
Antiates, 184
North, J., 296n150
Nostalgia, for rural life, 113
Nostoi(homecomings from Troy): dating
of, 90; as epochal demarcation, 86;
foundation of Rome in, 92, 251n134;
in Timaeus, 94
Numa (king of Rome), 88; calendar of,
188, 283n147
Nundinal days, 184, 300n204Oecumene, Hellenistic, 57 – 59, 238n94
Ogulnii brothers, 91
Olympiad, first: date of, 223n54; as
epochal demarcation, 81, 84 – 85; and
foundation of Rome, 95 – 96; ; use in
synchronism, 85
Olympiads: Athenian chronicle of,
247n90; dating by, 19, 22, 139, 219n7,
247n92; Eratosthenes on, 223n54;
fixing of date of, 223n48; in Jerome ’s
Chronicle, 29 – 30
Olympics, in Panhellenic history, 85
Opici, 254n170; time frame of, 98- General Index