Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
May 28
May 28 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 585 BC to 248 BC. Together, the entries below connect this calendar date with different moments in the ancient Greek world through historical and documentary evidence.
Across the centuries
On This Day
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585 BC
Event That Shaped History
A Total Solar Eclipse Interrupts the Median-Lydian War
On May 28, 585 BC, a total solar eclipse crossed Asia Minor. Herodotus later connected an eclipse during warfare between the Medes and Lydians with the peace that followed.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Herodotus, Histories I.74
Modern scholarship
- Modern astronomical eclipse calculations
- Cambridge astronomical heritage study
Public links
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248 BC
Life on This Day
A Land Survey Corrects Agricultural Measurements
On May 28, 248 BC, a Greek land-survey document recorded the measurement and correction of agricultural holdings.
Sources
Primary evidence
- SB VI 9103
Modern scholarship
- Trismegistos archive and chronological metadata
Public links