...Cithara crinitus Iopas
personat aurata, docuit quem maximus Atlas.
Hic canit errantem lunam solisque labores,
unde hominum genus et pecudes, unde imber et ignes,
Arcturum pluviasque Hyadas geminosque Triones;
quid tantum Oceano properent se tingere soles
hiberni, vel quae tardis mora noctibus obstet.

Long-haired Iopas, whom enormous Atlas taught, plays on his gilded harp. He sings of the wandering moon and the struggles of the sun, whence the line of men and animals, whence water and fire, Arcturus and the rainy Hyades and the twin Triones; why winter days hasten so much to dip themselves in the ocean, or what delay hinders their lazy nights.


If the people around here were busting out with their harps (or guitars) to sing about astronomy, biology, and axial tilt, I'd go to so many more live music performances in Austin than I currently do.
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