APPENDIX 3: ANNUAL CELESTIAL EVENTS, NOTED BY HESIOD WITH ADDITIONS BY EUDOXUS¹

DATE	CELESTIAL OBJECT	EVENT
Feb 25	Bear Guard	apparent achronycal rising marks grapevine pruning; approach of spring;2 stormy season3
Mar 28	Ram	vernal equinox marks equal day and night; sun aligns with Ram4
Apr 5	Pleiades	heliacal setting marks about forty days until Pleiades heliacal rising at grain harvest5
May 16	Pleiades	heliacal rising marks grain harvest;6 approach of summer7
June 29	Orion	heliacal rising marks grain winnowing8
June 30	Crab	summer solstice marks fifty days of fair sailing;9 sun aligns with Crab10
July 20	Herald of the Dog	heliacal rising marks approach of Dog Days
July 28	Dog star	heliacal rising marks Dog Days of summer11
July 30	Lion	sun entering the Lion marks summer heat; forty-day Etesian Winds; tricky sailing12
Sept 13	Herald of the Vintage	heliacal rising marks grape harvest13
Sept 21	Bear Guard	heliacal rising marks grape harvest;14 approach of stormy season15
Sep 30	Claws	autumnal equinox; sun aligns with Claws16
Nov 3	Pleiades	apparent cosmical setting marks plowing; end of sailing season;17 approach of winter18
Nov 11	Hyades	apparent cosmical setting marks plowing19
Nov 25	Orion	apparent cosmical setting marks plowing20
Dec 13	Eagle	heliacal rising marks stormy weather21
Dec 27	Goat Horn	winter solstice marks sixty wintry days;22 sun aligns with Goat Horn; short days; bitter cold; dangerous sailing23