CONCERNING WEATHER SIGNS, 56-57 



come down when the moon is assuming either shape, 

 the more certainly is the result just mentioned 

 indicated. 



Also the winds which accompany the falling of 

 the mists are significant : if the breezes come from 

 the east or south, rain is indicated ; if from the west 

 or north, breezes and cold weather. And the stars 

 which the Egyptians 1 call ' comets ' indicate not 

 only the conditions just mentioned but also cold 2 

 weather. 3 In the case of the rising of the stars the 

 indication, as in the case also of the equinoxes and 

 solstices, is given not at the actual time but a little 

 earlier or later. 



3 The text of this sentence can hardly be sound. <rr)/j.atvtv 

 has no subject and TCUS /trTjjuepfais Kal rpoirais no construction. 



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