Summary
Marcus Manilius: Astronomy
Mercury was the first to reveal these mysteries; through him we see within the heavens and know the stars, and now mankind admires the power, and not only the brightness of their fire: through him everyone knows how great, just, wise and good the creator of the heavens is, at whose command the stars meet in turn, what time determines when to go out and when to enter; that the great secrets of heaven no longer lie hidden and that the learned man bows down to them with gratitude.
Nature revealed itself, and from its sources flowed pure streams, which flooded the minds of kings, kings close to the heavens, who ruled over the east, where the swift Euphrates cuts its swift course, where the Nile spills, and where the whirlpool renews itself. day for us, and carries the fires to the Maoris.
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