Μὴν Ὀκτώβριος. |
October |
βʹ. Αἲξ ἑσπερία καὶ ὁ Στάχυς ἀνατέλλει. | 2. The Goat arises in the west, and Stachys. |
εʹ. ὁ λαμπρὸς τοῦ Στεφάνου ἀνατέλλει · ἐν ἡμέραις θʹ ἐπισημασία. | 5. The radiance of the Crown arises: weather change in 9 days. |
ζʹ. Ταύρου οὐρὰ καὶ ὁ λαμπρὸς τῆς βορείας χηλῆς τοῦ σκορπίου ἀνατέλλει. | 7. The tail of Taurus and the radiance of the northern claw of Scorpio arise. |
θʹ. Στέφανος τελείως ἀνατέλλει · ἐπισημασία. | 9. The crown arises completely : weather change. |
ιʹ. Πλειάδων δύσις καὶ Ἔριφοι ἀνατέλλουσι · ἐπισημασία. | 10. The setting of the Pleiades and the Kids [1] rise : weather change. |
ιγʹ. Ταύρου οὐρὰ τελεία ἀνατέλλει · ἐπισημασία. | 13. The tail of Taurus arises completely : weather change. |
ιζʹ. ὁ ἐν τῶ ἑπομένῳ ὤμῳ τοῦ Ἡνιόχου ἑσπέριος ἀνατέλλει. | 17. The following shoulder of Auriga arises in the west. |
ιθʹ. ὁ λαμπρὸς τοῦ βορείου Ἰχθύος ἑσπέριος ἀνατέλλει. | 19. The radiance of the northern Fish arises in the west. |
κβʹ. Τὰ Νειλῷα · ἐπισημασία. | 22. The Nile flood [2] : weather change. |
κηʹ. Λύρα ἀνατέλλει ἅμα ἡλίῳ καὶ ποιεῖ χειμῶνα καὶ φυλορροεῖν τὰ δένδρα. | 28. The Lyre arises at the same time as the sun, and causes winter and the trees to lose their leaves [3]. |
λαʹ. ὁ λαμπρὸς τῆς βορείας χηλῆς τοῦ Σκορπίου ἀνατέλλει · ἐπισημασία. | 31. The radiance of the northern claw of Scorpio arises : weather change. |
1. Ἔριφοι is the goat’s kids.
2. See Plutarch, On the mysteries of Isis and Osiris, 268:1. “the water of Nile’s superfluity” on which the note: “τὸ Νειλῷον ὕδωρ—τὰ Νειλῷα was the Feast of the Overflowing of the Nile.”
3. Not sure what φυλορροεῖν means, but I presume “to lose leaves”.