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Book I Chapter 25 · I.25.9.6–I.25.9.8
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p. 6089 (5) ⟨Ἀράτου Φαινομένων⟩ · 862-868
9 (5) ⟨Ἀράτου Φαινομένων⟩ · 869-876
9 (5) ⟨Ἀράτου Φαινομένων⟩ · 877-879
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 25
p. 6099 ⟨Aratus, Phaenomena⟩: 862-868
But fear it when the sun’s rays suddenly stretch from heaven as though their light were fading, just as they weaken when the moon casts shade, standing in line between the earth and sun.784 Nor, when he delays appearing before dawn and deeply reddened clouds show here and there, do the fields remain unwetted on that day.
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Likewise, when he is still beyond the horizon, and rays stretching ahead look shadowed before dawn, do not forget the rain or wind that may come down. If those rays carry deeper darkness, they give a stronger sign of rain; but if only a little gloom spreads around the rays, such as soft clouds especially carry, they may be shrouded in the gloom of approaching wind.785
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Dark halos close to the sun promise no fair weather; closer ones, dark without a break, foretell a greater storm; and two may mean harsher weather still.786
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