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North wind. 20. On the 12th day before the Kalends, an unpleasant storm. 21. On the 11th day before the Kalends, the Hyades with the Hare set at dawn. 22. On the 10th day before the Kalends, cold rain. 23. On the 9th day before the Kalends, Orion and the horns of the Bull set. 24. On the 8th day before the Kalends, the prelude to the winter solstice. The Dog sets, and a cold dew falls. 25. On the 7th day before the Kalends, the sun is in the first degree of Sagittarius. 26. On the 6th day before the Kalends, likewise. 27. On the 5th day before the Kalends, the Dog sets, and there will be a southerly rain. 28. On the 4th day before the Kalends, the Dog begins to set, and the air is cloudy. 29. On the 3rd day before the Kalends, the Dog sets at dawn, and it rains from the southwest. 30. On the day before the Kalends, Orion sets, and a west wind and rain with a south wind. 70t DECEMBER 1. On the Kalends of December, a confusion of the air; the north-northeast wind blows, and the whole of Orion sets at dawn. 2. On the 4th day before the Nones of December, the Dog sets; in the evening the north-northeast wind intensifies. 3. On the 3rd day before the Nones, it is stormy with rain. 4. On the day before the Nones, Sagittarius sets and the north wind blows. 5. On the Nones of December, rain for the whole day and much north wind. 6. On the 8th day before the Ides of December, the middle of Sagittarius rises. 7. On the 7th day before the Ides, the Eagle rises, and the southwest wind blows. 8. On the 6th day before the Ides, the whole of Scorpio rises. 9. On the 5th day before the Ides, the Dog rises in the evening, and the south wind blows. 10. On the 4th day before the Ides, a frequent north wind, and the sky is dark from the storm. 11. On the 3rd day before the Ides, a hidden star; north-northeast wind together with east-northeast. 12. On the day before the Ides, a north wind at first, but then a heavy south wind. 13. On the Ides of December, the whole of Scorpio rises; north and south winds bringing on rain. 14. On the 19th day before the Kalends of January, the Goat sets. 15. On the 18th day before the Kalends, south wind together with north wind, and a confusion of the air. 16. On the 17th day before the Kalends, likewise. 17. On the 16th day before the Kalends, the sun is in Capricorn. 18. On the 15th day before the Kalends, a hidden star and a battle of winds. 19. On the 14th day before the Kalends, the Goat rises. 20. On the 13th day before the Kalends, the Eagle rises and Capricorn. 21. On the 12th day before the Kalends, a north wind begins, but a south wind prevails the whole day. 22. On the 11th day before the Kalends, the Eagle rises in the evening. 23. On the 10th day before the Kalends, the Goat sets at dawn; and the bruma is completed, that is, the winter solstice. 24. On the 9th day before the Kalends, the air is wintry. 25. On the 8th day before the Kalends, the Goat sets at dawn. 26. On the 7th day before the Kalends, the Goat sets in the evening, and it is stormy. 27. On the 6th day before the Kalends, the Dolphin rises in the morning, having the air. 28. On the 5th day before the Kalends, the sun turns back from its southern turning point. 29. On the 4th day before the Kalends, the sun is bright, but the Eagle sets, and it rains. 30. On the 3rd day before the Kalends, the Dolphin rises, but the Dog sets. 31. On the day before the Kalends of January, a hidden and windy disturbance. The Dolphin begins to rise, and the sun to its height. And these things Clodius related word for word from the sacred rites of the Tuscans; and not he alone, but also the great Eudoxus, Democritus first among them, Varro the Roman, Hipparchus, Metrodorus, and after them Caesar, concerning the daily rising and setting of the phenomena. ETHNOGRAPHIA ASTROLOGICA And since some, behaving unlearnedly, assert that the same things are not effected in every place by the risings or settings of the stars, come, let us deliver them from their error, even though they resist. And perhaps it is possible to provide this for them briefly. For since the signs of the zodiac have been arranged one by one under the whole heaven of the wandering stars, not

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βορρᾶς. κʹ. τῇ πρὸ ιβʹ καλενδῶν ἀηδὴς χειμών. καʹ. τῇ πρὸ ιαʹ καλενδῶν αἱ ὑάδες σὺν τῷ λαγωῷ ὄρθρου δύονται. κβʹ. τῇ πρὸ ιʹ καλενδῶν ὑετὸς ψυχρός. κγʹ. τῇ πρὸ θʹ καλενδῶν ὁ Ὠρίων καὶ τὰ κέρατα τοῦ ταύρου δύονται. κδʹ. τῇ πρὸ ηʹ καλενδῶν προοίμια τῆς χειμερινῆς τροπῆς. δύεται ὁ κύων, καὶ δρόσος φέρεται ψυχρά. κεʹ. τῇ πρὸ ζʹ καλενδῶν ὁ ἥλιος ἐπὶ τῆς πρώτης μοίρας τοῦ τοξότου. κςʹ. τῇ πρὸ ςʹ καλενδῶν ὡσαύτως. κζʹ. τῇ πρὸ εʹ καλενδῶν δύεται ὁ κύων, καὶ βροχὴ ἔσται νοτία. κηʹ. τῇ πρὸ δʹ καλενδῶν ἄρχεται ὁ κύων δύεσθαι, καὶ νεφώδης ὁ ἀήρ. κθʹ. τῇ πρὸ γʹ καλενδῶν ὄρθρου δύεται ὁ κύων, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ λιβὸς ὕει. λʹ. τῇ πρὸ αʹ καλενδῶν δύεται ὁ Ὠρίων, καὶ ζέφυρος καὶ μετὰ νότου βροχή. 70t ∆ΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΣ αʹ. καλένδαις ∆εκεμβρίαις σύγχυσις τοῦ ἀέρος· ἀπαρκτίας φυσᾷ, καὶ ὁ Ὠρίων ὅλος ὄρθρου δύεται. βʹ. τῇ πρὸ δʹ νωνῶν ∆εκεμβρίων ὁ κύων δύεται· ἐν ἑσπέρᾳ ἀπαρκτίας ἐπιτείνει. γʹ. τῇ πρὸ γʹ νωνῶν χειμάζει σὺν ὑετῷ. δʹ. τῇ πρὸ αʹ νωνῶν δύεται ὁ τοξότης καὶ βορρᾶς πνεῖ. εʹ. νώναις ∆εκεμβρίαις δι' ὅλης τῆς ἡμέρας βροχὴ καὶ πολὺς βορρᾶς. ςʹ. τῇ πρὸ ηʹ εἰδῶν ∆εκεμβρίων τὸ μέσον τοῦ τοξότου ἀνίσχει. ζʹ. τῇ πρὸ ζʹ εἰδῶν ἀνίσχει ὁ ἀετός, καὶ πνεῖ ὁ λίψ. ηʹ. τῇ πρὸ ςʹ εἰδῶν ὁ σκορπίος ὅλος ἀνίσχει. θʹ. τῇ πρὸ εʹ εἰδῶν ὁ κύων ἐν ἑσπέρᾳ ἀνίσχει, καὶ ὁ νότος πνεῖ. ιʹ. τῇ πρὸ δʹ εἰδῶν βορέας συχνός, καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς μέλας ἐκ τοῦ χειμῶνος. ιαʹ. τῇ πρὸ γʹ εἰδῶν κρύφιον ἄστρον· ἀπαρκτίας ἅμα καὶ καικίας. ιβʹ. τῇ πρὸ αʹ εἰδῶν βορρᾶς πρῶτα, ἔπειτα δὲ νότος βαρύς. ιγʹ. εἰδοῖς ∆εκεμβρίαις ὅλος ὁ σκορπίος ἀνίσχει· βορρᾶς δὲ καὶ νότος ὑετὸν ἐπισπώμενοι. ιδʹ. τῇ πρὸ ιθʹ καλενδῶν Ἰανουαρίων δύεται ἡ αἴξ. ιεʹ. τῇ πρὸ ιηʹ καλενδῶν νότος ἅμα καὶ βορρᾶς, καὶ σύγχυσις τοῦ ἀέρος. ιςʹ. τῇ πρὸ ιζʹ καλενδῶν ὡσαύτως. ιζʹ. τῇ πρὸ ιςʹ καλενδῶν ὁ ἥλιος ἐπὶ τοῦ αἰγοκέρωτος. ιηʹ. τῇ πρὸ ιεʹ καλενδῶν ἄστρον κρυπτὸν καὶ ἀνεμομαχία. ιθʹ. τῇ πρὸ ιδʹ καλενδῶν ἡ αἲξ ἀνίσχει. κʹ. τῇ πρὸ ιγʹ καλενδῶν ὁ ἀετὸς ἀνίσχει καὶ ὁ αἰγόκερως. καʹ. τῇ πρὸ ιβʹ καλενδῶν βορέας μὲν κατάρχεται, νότος δὲ τὴν πᾶσαν ἡμέραν ἐπικρατεῖ. κβʹ. τῇ πρὸ ιαʹ καλενδῶν ὁ ἀετὸς ἐν ἑσπέρᾳ ἀνίσχει. κγʹ. τῇ πρὸ ιʹ καλενδῶν ὄρθρου ἡ αἲξ δύεται· καὶ συμπληροῦται ἡ βροῦμα, οἱονεὶ ἡ χειμερινὴ τροπή. κδʹ. τῇ πρὸ θʹ καλενδῶν χειμέριος ὁ ἀήρ. κεʹ. τῇ πρὸ ηʹ καλενδῶν ὄρθρου ἡ αἲξ δύεται. κςʹ. τῇ πρὸ ζʹ καλενδῶν δύεται ἐν ἑσπέρᾳ ἡ αἴξ, καὶ χειμάζει. κζʹ. τῇ πρὸ ςʹ καλενδῶν ὁ δελφὶν ἕωθεν ἀνίσχει, ἔχων τὸν ἀέρα. κηʹ. τῇ πρὸ εʹ καλενδῶν ὁ ἥλιος ἀποστρέφεται ἀπὸ τοῦ νοτιαίου καμπτῆρος. κθʹ. τῇ πρὸ δʹ καλενδῶν ὁ ἥλιος λαμπρός, ὁ δὲ ἀετὸς δύεται, καὶ ὕει. λʹ. τῇ πρὸ γʹ καλενδῶν ὁ μὲν δελφὶν ἀνίσχει, ὁ δὲ κύων δύεται. λαʹ. τῇ πρὸ αʹ καλενδῶν Ἰανουαρίων κρυφία ταραχὴ καὶ ἀνεμώδης. ἄρχεται ἀνίσχειν ὁ δελφίν, καὶ ὁ ἥλιος εἰς ὕψος. Καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ὁ Κλώδιος ἐκ τῶν παρὰ Θούσκοις ἱερῶν πρὸς λέξιν· καὶ οὐκ αὐτὸς μόνος, ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ Εὔδοξός τε ὁ πολύς, ∆ημόκριτος πρῶτος αὐτῶν, Βάρρων τε ὁ Ῥωμαῖος, Ἵππαρχος, Μητρόδωρος, καὶ μετ' αὐτοὺς ὁ Καῖσαρ περὶ τῆς ἐφημέρου τῶν φαινομένων ἐπιτολῆς τε καὶ δύσεως. ETHNOGPARHIA ASTPOLOGICA Ἐπειδὴ δέ τινες ἀπαιδεύτως φερόμενοι φάσκουσι μὴ ἐπὶ παντὸς τόπου τὰ αὐτὰ πρὸς τῶν ἐπιτολῶν ἢ δύσεων τῶν ἄστρων ἐνεργεῖσθαι, φέρε τῆς πλάνης αὐτοὺς καίπερ ἀντιμαχομένους ἀπαλλάξωμεν. καὶ τάχα διὰ βραχέων τοῦτο παρασχεῖν αὐτοῖς δυνατόν. τῶν τοίνυν ζῳδίων ὑφ' ἓν μὲν τὸν ὅλον τῶν πλανωμένων οὐρανὸν διειληφότων, οὐκ