Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

May 17

May 17 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 577. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.

Across the centuries

On This Day

  1. AD 577

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    Estate Workers Guarantee a Large Wine Delivery

    On May 17, AD 577, eight estate workers guaranteed delivery of 3,000 measures of wine together with outstanding arrears.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Oxy. XVI 1896

    Modern scholarship

    • Trismegistos chronological record

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