Chap. 39 (27.) — The Seleucides
Those birds are called seleucides, which are sent by Jupiter at the prayers offered up to him by the inhabitants of Mount Casius,2992 when the locusts are ravaging their crops of corn. Whence they2993 come, or whither they go, has never yet been ascertained, as, in fact, they are never to be seen but when the people stand in need of their aid.