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Knidos marble sundial, Eudoxus observatory terrace, and Mediterranean jetty.
Knidos Observatory at Datça, Muğla, Homeland of Astronomer Sosigenes, Designer of the Julian Calendar (1st Century BC)

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Ionia & AeolisCulture and memory

From Muğla Knidos Sosigenes Calendar to Yatağan Metrodorus Philosophy and Aydın Nysa Menestheus Grammar: Julian Calendar Astronomy, Academic Philosophy, and Classical Philology

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Linking Knidos' Sosigenes with Stratonikeia's Metrodorus and Nysa's Menestheus, Ege birthed the Julian Calendar, Academic Skeptic philosophy, and classical philology.

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  • Ionia & Aeolis
  • Hellenistic era
  • Roman era
  • Ottoman era
  • National Struggle & Republic
  • The Aegean today

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