Sothis

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The Egyptians worshipped the star as Sothis, and it was believed to be the abode of the soul of Isis.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel

This period, measured thus by the heliacal rising of Sothis, is spoken of as the Sothic cycle.

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington

Page 475—Sotis amended to Sothis—"Rise, as radiant as Isis, rise as Sothis rises ..."

From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Glovatski, Alexander

The history of Egypt must comprise a definite number of Sothis periods.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

Then followed, beginning like the rest with the beginning of a Sothis period, the rule of human kings.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max