CHAP. 28. (28.)—OF CELESTIAL CORONÆ.
Stars are occasionally seen along with the sun, for whole days together, and generally round its orb, like wreaths made of the ears of corn, or circles of various colours[303]; such as occurred when Augustus, while a very young man, was entering the city, after the death of his father, in order to take upon himself the great name which he assumed[304]. (29.) The same coronæ occur about the moon and also about the principal stars, which are stationary in the heavens.