Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume V/Hippolytus/The Refutation of All Heresies/Book IV/Part 38

Chapter XXXVIII.&#8212;Illusive Appearance of the Stars.

But the scales of fishes&#8212;for instance, the seahorse&#8212;cause the stars to appear to be; the scales being steeped in a mixture of water and gum, and fastened on the ceiling at intervals.