February 2nd | Fastorum Liber Secundus: Februarius
A N | IV Non. | II.73-78, Ovid describes the relevant constellations.
Proximus Hesperias Titan abiturus in undas
gemmea purpureis cum iuga demet equis,
illa nocte aliquis tollens ad sidera voltum 75
dicet “ubi est hodie quae Lyra fulsit heri?”
dumque Lyram quaeret, medii quoque terga Leonis
in liquidas subito mersa notabit aquas.
73 When the next sun, before he sinks into the western waves, shall from his purple steeds undo the jewelled yoke, someone that night, looking up at the stars, shall say, “Where is to-day the Lyre1 which yesterday shone bright?” And while he seeks the Lyre, he will mark that the back of the Lion also has of a sudden plunged into the watery waste.
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See i. 653 note.