Astronomy, weather and calendars in the ancient world : parapegmata and related text in classical and Near Eastern societies

List of illustrations . . x
Preface . . xi
List of abbreviations . . xiii

PART I PARAPEGMATA AND ASTROMETEOROLOGY
1 The rain in Attica falls mainly under Sagitta . . 3
2 Spelt and spica . . 28
3 De signis . . 55
4 When are thirty days not a month? . . 70
5 Calendars, weather, and stars in Babylon . . 98
6 Egyptian astrometeorology . . 116
7 Conclusion . . 138

PART II SOURCES
Catalogue of extant parapegmata . . 147
Extant parapegmata: texts and translations . . 217

Appendix 1. Authorities cited in parapegmata . . 492
Appendix 2. Tables of correspondence of parapegmata . . 495

Bibliography . . 499
Astrometeorological index . . 519
General index . . 548