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Lilies in the late July heat, Lemnos, Greece. The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star Sirius, which Greek and Roman astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck.
This means that the dog days of ancient Greece arenât the dog days of today. What it also means is that several millennia from now, this astrological event wonât even occur during the summer. âIn 26,000 years, the dog days would completely move all around the sky,â said Schaefer. Ah yes, the dog days of winter.