“That month, which among the Greeks is called Dioscorus, is the same as that which among the Latins is called June. To this month, therefore, the signs of Gemini are assigned. For Gemini, that is Castor and Pollux, are in Greek called Dioscori. Witness to this fact is the city of Collorum (so written), which, having be…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on 2 Maccabees
Original
21Fare ye well. The hundred and eight and fortieth year, the four and twentieth day of the month Dioscorinthius.
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In context
19And if then ye will keep yourselves loyal to the state, hereafter also will I endeavour to be a means of your good.
20But of the particulars I have given order both to these and the other that came from me, to commune with you.
— 2 Maccabees 11:21 —
22Now the king’s letter contained these words: King Antiochus unto his brother Lysias sendeth greeting:
23Since our father is translated unto the gods, our will is, that they that are in our realm live quietly, that every one may attend upon his own affairs.