Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925, Lockyer, Winifred James, Mrs., d. 1879 · New York, C. Scribner & co. · leaf 88
e to The Zodiac. 77 believe Ovid, the seventh hid itself with grief at the taking ofTroy. But the author of the Metamorphoses suspected nothingof the distance of stars and the length of passage of the rays inreaching us. If even one of the Pleiades hid itself at thetaking of Troy, Ovid would still… … Fig. 19. The Pleiades. they announce rain; their name signifies to rain, and that oftheir companions signifies navigator. This inspired J.-B.Rousseau with the following verses :— Deja le depart des PleiadesA fait retirer les nochers,Et deja les tristes HyadesForcent les frileuses DryadesDe chercher…
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