Dog Days

As dog days are colloquially in Europe the hot days in the summer, during the period from July 23 to August 23, referred to, although the term dog days in conjunction of the heliacal rising of Sirius was not originally with the season from 23 July to 23 August. was connected.

History

The Greeks explained the relationship between the return of Sirius and the days of the heat of summer with the following myth: the merger of sunlight with the "fire " of the Sirius is the cause of the great heat. Arab astronomers identified the most frequently appearing in blistering summer heat mirages even as the " from heaven dripping saliva of the dog-star ".

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