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August, according to the old Roman calendar, it was the sixth month and in Latin was called Sextilis. The year 8 B.C. Augustus Caesar gave it his name. Originally it had 30 days, but Octavian arbitrarily added another day to it (which he took from February) to keep up with July, which was dedicated to Julius Caesar. It is called, that August put the month in that position, to honor him death of Cleopatra who is believed to have ended her life on 12 Of August 30 e.g..
In our country, the whole of August is dedicated to the Virgin Mary with supplications, fasting, her Dormition, the Meteorites, on the Nine Days and with the deposition of Agia Zoni on 31 August, so the church year ends.
This is the month that nourishes the eleven, for it is the season where everything is in abundance: wheat, corn, the raisin the figs, the walnuts, the fruits, the vegetables, grapes etc. For this reason August has popular names: Psychologist, Pentafas (because they eat five times a day),Waiter, και Δριμάρης από τις «δρίμες» ή «δρίματα» όπως ονομάζονται οι πρώτες ημέρες του μήνα.
Οι δώδεκα πρώτες μέρες του Αυγούστου ονομάζονταν και «ημερομήνια», γιατί έλεγαν ότι προλέγουν τον καιρό: «κάθε μέρα κι ένας μήνας». Οι μέρες αυτές ήταν επίσης γνωστές και ως «δρίμες». Τις μέρες αυτές δεν έπρεπε να πάει κάποιος στη θάλασσα για μπάνιο, neither wash nor cut grapes and figs.
Finally, the proverbs about August can be divided into two main categories, a’ the ones who say how good he is ("August, my good month, they are born twice a year") and the others that connect this month with the beginning of winter ("since August winter, and summer from March", or “Augustus was afflicted, the end of winter").