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