It is a well-known fact, that trefoil bristles up, and its leaves stand erect, upon the approach of a tempest.
CHAP. 90.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM FOOD.
At our repasts, too, and upon our tables, when we see the vessels sweat in which the viands are served, and leave marks upon the side-board,[722] it is an indication that a dreadful storm is impending.
Summary.—Remarkable facts, narratives, and observations, two thousand and sixty.
Roman authors quoted.—Massurius Sabinus,[723] Cassius Hemina,[724] Verrius Flaccus,[725] L. Piso,[726] Cornelius Celsus,[727] Turranius Gracilis,[728] D. Silanus,[729] M. Varro,[730] Cato the Censor,[731] Scrofa,[732] the Sasernæ,[733] father and son, Domitius Calvinus,[734] Hyginus,[735] Virgil,[736] Trogus,[737] Ovid,[738] Græcinus,[739] Columella,[740] Tubero,[741] L. Tarutius,[742] who wrote in Greek on the Stars, Cæsar[743] the Dictator, who wrote upon the Stars, Sergius Paulus,[744] Sabinus Fabianus,[745] M. Cicero,[746] Calpurnius Bassus,[747] Ateius Capito,[748] Mamilius Sura,[749] Attius,[750] who wrote the Praxidica.
Foreign authors quoted.—Hesiod,[751] Theophrastus,[752] Aristotle,[753] Democritus,[754] King Hiero,[755] King Attalus Philometor,[756] King Archelaüs,[757] Archytas,[758] Xenophon,[759] Amphilochus[760] of Athens, Anaxipolis[761] of Thasos, Aristophanes[762] of Miletus, Apollodorus[763] of Lemnos, Antigonus[764] of Cymæ, Agathocles[765] of Chios, Apollonius[766] of Pergamus, Aristander[767] of Athens, Bacchius[768] of Miletus, Bion[769] of Soli, Chæreas[770] of Athens, Chæristus[771] of Athens, Diodorus[772] of Priene, Dion[773] of Colophon, Epigenes[774] of Rhodes, Euagon[775] of Thasos, Euphronius[776] of Athens, Androtiou[777] who wrote on Agriculture, Æschrion[778] who wrote on Agriculture, Lysimachus[779] who wrote on Agriculture, Dionysius[780] who translated Mago, Diophanes[781] who made an Epitome from Dionysius, Thales,[782] Eudoxus,[783] Philippus,[784] Calippus,[785] Dositheus,[786] Parmeniscus,[787] Meton,[788] Criton,[789] Œnopides,[790] Zenon,[791] Euctemon,[792] Harpalus,[793] Hecatæus,[794] Anaximander,[795] Sosigenes,[796] Hipparchus,[797] Aratus,[798] Zoroaster,[799] Archibius.[800]