108 FLINT'S FATUEAL HISTORY. [Book XVIII. 



looked upon as the sign of the rising of Arcturus ; for if over- 

 taken by it, they are sure to perish. 



On the sixteenth day before 24 the calends of October, the 

 Ear of Corn, which Virgo holds, rises to the people of Egypt in 

 the morning, and by this day the Etesian winds have quite 

 ceased to blow. According to Caesar, this constellation rises on 

 the fourteenth ^ before the calends, and it affords its prognostics 

 to the Assyrians on the thirteenth. On the eleventh before 26 

 the calends of October, the point of junction 27 in Pisces disap- 

 pears, and upon the eighth 28 is the autumnal equinox. It is 

 a remarkable fact, and rarely the case, that Philippus, Callip- 

 pus, Dositheus, Parmeniscus, Conon, 29 Criton, Democritus, and 

 Eudoxus, all agree that the She-Goat rises in the morning of 

 the fourth before 30 the calends of October, and on the third 31 

 the Kids. On the sixth day before 32 the nones of October, the 

 Crown rises in the morning to the people of Attica, and upon 

 the morning of the fifth, 33 the Charioteer sets. On the fourth 

 before 34 the nones of October, the Crown, according to Caesar's 

 reckoning, begins to rise, and on the evening of the day after 

 is the setting of the constellation of the Kids. On the eighth 

 before 35 the ides of October, according to Caesar, the bright 

 star rises that shines in the Crown, and on the evening of the 

 sixth before 36 the ides the Vergiliae, rise. Upon the ides 37 of 

 October, the Crown has wholly risen. On the seventeenth be- 

 fore 38 the calends of November, the Suculse rise in the evening, 

 and on the day before the calends, according to Caesar's reckon- 

 ing, Arcturus sets, and the Suculas 39 rise with the sun. In the 

 evening of the fourth day before 40 the nones of November, 

 Arcturus sets. On the fifth before 41 the ides of November, 

 Orion's Sword begins to set; and on the third 42 before the 

 ides the Vergiliae set. 



24 Sixteenth of September. 25 Eighteenth of September. 



26 Twenty-first of September 27 Commissura. 



28 Twenty-fourth of September. 



29 Mentioned by Virgil, Eccl. iii. 1. 38, and by Propertius, Eleg. iv. 1. 



30 Twenty-eighth of September. 3I Twenty-ninth of September. 

 32 Second of October. 33 Third of October. 



34 Fourth of October. 85 Eighth of October. 



36 Tenth of October. s < Fifteenth of October. 



38 Sixteenth of October. 39 Or Hyades, see C. 66. 



40 Second of November, 41 Ninth of November. 

 42 Eleventh of November. 



