While rereading the Howard stories about Conan, I came upon a peculiar passage in Rogues In The House. Murillo and Conan find the priest laying down on the floor, unsconscious. The Red Priest wakes up and says this:
"I do not know what time it is now. But it lacked an hour or so of midnight when I was set upon."
Which brings me to my question. How do people in the Hyborian Age measure time? According to the passage, it seems that they can measure hours, but how do they do this? How can they know the exact time, like the Red Priest seems to know?
"I do not know what time it is now. But it lacked an hour or so of midnight when I was set upon."
Which brings me to my question. How do people in the Hyborian Age measure time? According to the passage, it seems that they can measure hours, but how do they do this? How can they know the exact time, like the Red Priest seems to know?