CLASSIC 148 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Anemoi
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Greeks couldn"t use calendar dates to describe communities because each community hd their own calendar, was mostly lunar. Describes a group of people as affected by a star named sirius. April showers end the drought of march, go to the roots of plants and send fluids to the branches and leaves, sends out flowers because of the strength of the fluid. Then the west wing of spring (zephyrs) blows and enlivens the crops. The sun is reborn in the spring, resides in the house of ares at the start of spring, birds have started singing, is nature ritual, because nature has stirred their heart. This also stirs the heart of people, who go on pilgrimage, want to see saint to prolong this stirring for them so they won"t go ill. These observations from the book airs, waters, and places , lead to good predictions on effects from changing in the weather.
