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Book I Chapter 25 · I.25.9.4–I.25.9.5
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p. 6069 (5) ⟨Ἀράτου Φαινομένων⟩ · 847-853
9 (5) ⟨Ἀράτου Φαινομένων⟩ · 854-861
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 25
p. 6079 ⟨Aratus, Phaenomena⟩: 847-853
do not forget the rain. But when a great circle about him spreads wider, as though melting, at his first rising, and then shrinks again, he may bring fair weather; so too if, in winter, he pales as he descends. But when rain has fallen by day, look afterward at the surrounding clouds, turning toward the sun as he goes down.782
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If a cloud, seeming to darken, shades the sun, and the rays between them bend and divide to either side around it, you may still need shelter when dawn comes. But if he dips cloudless into the western stream, and as he sinks, or after he is gone, nearby clouds stand red, you need not greatly fear rain tomorrow or during the night.783
Socrates
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