| καί ῥʼ ἥ γε δμηθεῖσʼ ὑπʼ Ἰήσονι, ποιμένι λαῶν | The loveliest tots in the whole company |
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| αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥα πόνον μάκαρες θεοὶ ἐξετέλεσσαν | Of Chaos. But the glorious allie |
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| Τιτήνεσσι δὲ τιμάων κρίναντο βίηφι | Of thunderous Zeus dwell where the Ocean lies |
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| δή ῥα τότʼ ὤτρυνον βασιλευέμεν ἠδὲ ἀνάσσειν | Even Cottus and Gyes. But Briareus |
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| Γαίης φραδμοσύνῃσιν Ὀλύμπιον εὐρύοπα Ζῆν | Because he is upright, the clamorou |
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| ἀθανάτων· ὃ δὲ τοῖσιν ἑὰς διεδάσσατο τιμάς. | Earth-Shaker made his son-in-law, for he |
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| Ζεὺς δὲ θεῶν βασιλεὺς πρώτην ἄλοχον θέτο Μῆτιν | Gave him in marriage to his progeny |
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| πλεῖστα τε ἰδυῖαν ἰδὲ θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων. | Cymopolea. When Zeus, in the war |
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| ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ ἄρʼ ἔμελλε θεὰν γλαυκῶπιν Ἀθήνην | Drove the Titans out of Heaven, huge Earth bore |
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| τέξεσθαι, τότʼ ἔπειτα δόλῳ φρένας ἐξαπατήσας | Her youngest child Typhoeus with the aid |
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| αἱμυλίοισι λόγοισιν ἑὴν ἐσκάτθετο νηδὺν | Of golden Aphrodite, who had bade |
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| Γαίης φραδμοσύνῃσι καὶ Οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος. | Her lie with Tartarus. In everything |
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| τὼς γάρ οἱ φρασάτην, ἵνα μὴ βασιληίδα τιμὴν | He did the lad was strong, untiring |
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| ἄλλος ἔχοι Διὸς ἀντὶ θεῶν αἰειγενετάων. | When running, and upon his shoulders spread |
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| ἐκ γὰρ τῆς εἵμαρτο περίφρονα τέκνα γενέσθαι· | A hundred-headed dragon, full of dread |
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| πρώτην μὲν κούρην γλαυκώπιδα Τριτογένειαν | Its dark tongues flickering, and from below |
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| ἶσον ἔχουσαν πατρὶ μένος καὶ ἐπίφρονα βουλήν. | His eyes a flashing flame was seen to glow; |
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| αὐτὰρ ἔπειτʼ ἄρα παῖδα θεῶν βασιλῆα καὶ ἀνδρῶν | And from each head shot fire as he glared |
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| ἤμελλεν τέξεσθαι, ὑπέρβιον ἦτορ ἔχοντα· | And from each head unspeakable voices blared: |
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| ἀλλʼ ἄρα μιν Ζεὺς πρόσθεν ἑὴν ἐσκάτθετο νηδύν | Sometimes a god could understand the sound |
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| ὡς δή οἱ φράσσαιτο θεὰ ἀγαθόν τε κακόν τε. | They made, but sometimes, echoing around |
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| δεύτερον ἠγάγετο λιπαρὴν Θέμιν, ἣ τέκεν Ὥρας | A bull, unruly, proud and furious |
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| Εὐνουμίην τε Δίκην τε καὶ Εἰρήνην τεθαλυῖαν | Would sound, sometimes a lion, mercile |
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| αἳ ἔργʼ ὠρεύουσι καταθνητοῖσι βροτοῖσι | At heart, sometimes – most wonderful to hear – |
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| Μοίρας θʼ, ᾗ πλείστην τιμὴν πόρε μητίετα Ζεύς | The sound of whelps was heard, sometimes the ear |
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| Κλωθώ τε Λάχεσίν τε καὶ Ἄτροπον, αἵτε διδοῦσι | Would catch a hissing sound, which then would change |
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| θνητοῖς ἀνθρώποισιν ἔχειν ἀγαθόν τε κακόν τε. | To echoing along the mountain range. |
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| τρεῖς δέ οἱ Εὐρυνομη Χάριτας τέκε καλλιπαρῄους | Something beyond all help would have that day |
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| Ὠκεανοῦ κούρη, πολυήρατον εἶδος ἔχουσα | Occurred and over men and gods hold sway |
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| Ἀγλαΐην τε καὶ Εὐφροσύνην Θαλίην τʼ ἐρατεινήν· | Had Zeus not quickly seen it: mightily |
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| τῶν καὶ ἀπὸ βλεφάρων ἔρος εἴβετο δερκομενάων | And hard he thundered so that terribly |
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| λυσιμελής· καλὸν δέ θʼ ὑπʼ ὀφρύσι δερκιόωνται. | The earth resounded, as did Tartarus |
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| αὐτὰρ ὁ Δήμητρος πολυφόρβης ἐς λέχος ἦλθεν | Wide Heaven and the streams of Oceanus |
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| ἣ τέκε Περσεφόνην λευκώλενον, ἣν Ἀιδωνεὺς | And at his feet the mighty Heaven reeled |
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| ἥρπασε ἧς παρὰ μητρός· ἔδωκε δὲ μητίετα Ζεύς. | As he arose. The earth groaned, thunder pealed |
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| μνημοσύνης δʼ ἐξαῦτις ἐράσσατο καλλικόμοιο | And lightning flashed, and to the dark-blue sea |
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| ἐξ ἧς οἱ Μοῦσαι χρυσάμπυκες ἐξεγένοντο | From them and from the fiery prodigy |
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| ἐννέα, τῇσιν ἅδον θαλίαι καὶ τέρψις ἀοιδῆς. | The scorching winds and blazing thunderbolt |
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| Λητὼ δʼ Ἀπόλλωνα καὶ Ἄρτεμιν ἰοχέαιραν | Came heat, the whole earth seething in revolt |
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| ἱμερόεντα γόνον περὶ πάντων Οὐρανιώνων | With both the sky and sea, while round the strand |
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| γείνατʼ ἄρʼ αἰγιόχοιο Διὸς φιλότητι μιγεῖσα. | Long waves rage at the onslaught of the band |
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| λοισθοτάτην δʼ Ἥρην θαλερὴν ποιήσατʼ ἄκοιτιν· | Of gods. An endless shaking, too, arose |
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| ἣ δʼ Ἥβην καὶ Ἄρηα καὶ Εἰλείθυιαν ἔτικτε | And Hades, who has sovereignty over those |
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| μιχθεῖσʼ ἐν φιλότητι θεῶν βασιλῆι καὶ ἀνδρῶν. | Who are deceased, shook, and the Titan horde |
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| αὐτὸς δʼ ἐκ κεφαλῆς γλαυκώπιδα Τριτογένειαν | Beneath that Hell, residing with the lord |
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| δεινὴν ἐγρεκύδοιμον ἀγέστρατον Ἀτρυτώνην | Cronus, shook too at the disharmony |
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| πότνιαν, ᾗ κέλαδοί τε ἅδον πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε | And dreadful clamour. When his weaponry |
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| Ἥρη δʼ Ἥφαιστον κλυτὸν οὐ φιλότητι μιγεῖσα | Thunder and lightning, Zeus had seized, his might |
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| γείνατο, καὶ ζαμένησε καὶ ἤρισε ᾧ παρακοίτῃ | Well-shored, from high Olympus he took flight |
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| ἐκ πάντων τέχνῃσι κεκασμένον Οὐρανιώνων. | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| Ἥρη δὲ ζαμένησε καὶ ἤρισε ᾧ παρακοίτῃ. | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| ἐκ ταύτης δʼ ἔριδος ἣ μὲν τέκε φαίδιμον υἱὸν | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| Ἥφαιστον, φιλότητος ἄτερ Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| ἐκ πάντων παλάμῃσι κεκασμένον Οὐρανιώνων· | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| αὐτὰρ ὅ γʼ Ὠκεανοῦ καὶ Τηθύος ἠυκόμοιο | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| κούρῃ νόσφʼ Ἥρης παρελέξατο καλλιπαρήῳ | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| ἐξαπαφὼν Μῆτιν καίπερ πολυδήνεʼ ἐοῦσαν. | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| συμμάρψας δʼ ὅ γε χερσὶν ἑὴν ἐγκάτθετο νηδὺν | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| δείσας, μὴ τέξῃ κρατερώτερον ἄλλο κεραυνοῦ. | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| τοὔνεκά μιν Κρονίδης ὑψίζυγος αἰθέρι ναίων | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| κάππιεν ἐξαπίνης· ἣ δʼ αὐτίκα Παλλάδʼ Ἀθήνην | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| κύσατο· τὴν μὲν ἔτικτε πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| πὰρ κορυφὴν Τρίτωνος ἐπʼ ὄχθῃσιν ποταμοῖο. | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| Μῆτις δʼ αὖτε Ζηνὸς ὑπὸ σπλάγχνοις λελαθυῖα | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| ἧστο, Ἀθηναίης μήτηρ, τέκταινα δικαίων | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| πλεῖστα θεῶν τε ἰδυῖα καταθνητῶν τʼ ἀνθρώπων | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| ἔνθα θεὰ παρέδεκτο ὅθεν παλάμαις περὶ πάντων | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| ἀθανάτων ἐκέκασθʼ οἳ Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχουσιν | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| αἰγίδα ποιήσασα φοβέστρατον ἔντος Ἀθήνης· | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| σὺν τῇ ἐγείνατό μιν πολεμήια τεύχεʼ ἔχουσαν. | Lashed out at him and burned that prodigy |
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| Ἐκ δʼ Ἀμφιτρίτης καὶ ἐρικτύπου Ἐννοσιγαίου | Igniting all those wondrous heads. When he |
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| Τρίτων εὐρυβίης γένετο μέγας, ὅστε θαλάσσης | Had conquered him, belabouring him so |
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| πυθμένʼ ἔχων παρὰ μητρὶ φίλῃ καὶ πατρὶ ἄνακτι | That he became a maimed wreck, down below |
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| ναίει χρύσεα δῶ, δεινὸς θεός. αὐτὰρ Ἄρηι | He hurled him. From the earth a loud groan came |
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| ῥινοτόρῳ Κυθέρεια Φόβον καὶ Δεῖμον ἔτικτε | And from the thunder-stricken lord a flame |
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| δεινούς, οἵτʼ ἀνδρῶν πυκινὰς κλονέουσι φάλαγγας | Shot forth in the dim, mountain-hollows when |
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| ἐν πολέμῳ κρυόεντι σὺν Ἄρηι πτολιπόρθῳ | He was attacked. Much of the earth was then |
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| Ἁρμονίην θʼ, ἣν Κάδμος ὑπέρθυμος θέτʼ ἄκοιτιν. | Scorched by a terrible vapour, liquefied |
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| Ζηνὶ δʼ ἄρʼ Ἀτλαντὶς Μαίη τέκε κύδιμον Ἑρμῆν | As tin by youths is brought to heat inside |
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| κήρυκʼ ἀθανάτων, ἱερὸν λέχος εἰσαναβᾶσα. | Well-channelled crucibles, or iron, too |
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| Καδμείη δʼ ἄρα οἱ Σεμέλη τέκε φαίδιμον υἱὸν | The hardest of all things, which men subdue |
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| μιχθεῖσʼ ἐν φιλότητι, Διώνυσον πολυγηθέα | With fire in mountain-glens and with the glow |
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| ἀθάνατον θνητή· νῦν δʼ ἀμφότεροι θεοί εἰσιν. | Causes the sacred earth to melt: just so |
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| Ἀλκμήνη δʼ ἄρʼ ἔτικτε βίην Ἡρακληείην | The earth now fused, and to wide Tartaru |
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| μιχθεῖσʼ ἐν φιλότητι Διὸς νεφεληγερέταο. | In bitter anger Zeus cast Typhoeus |
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| ἀγλαΐην δʼ Ἥφαιστος, ἀγακλυτὸς ἀμφιγυήεις | From whom unruly, wet winds issued forth |
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| ὁπλοτάτην Χαρίτων θαλερὴν ποιήσατʼ ἄκοιτιν. | Except the Zephyr, and the South and North |
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| χρυσοκόμης δὲ Διώνυσος ξανθὴν Ἀριάδνην | For they are sent by the gods and are to all |
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| κούρην Μίνωος, θαλερὴν ποιήσατʼ ἄκοιτιν. | A boon; the others, though, fitfully fall |
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| τὴν δέ οἱ ἀθάνατον καὶ ἀγήρω θῆκε Κρονίων. | Upon the sea, and there some overthrow |
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| ἥβην δʼ Ἀλκμήνης καλλισφύρου ἄλκιμος υἱός | Sailors and ships as fearfully they blow |
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| ἲς Ἡρακλῆος, τελέσας στονόεντας ἀέθλους | In every season, making powerle |
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| παῖδα Διὸς μεγάλοιο καὶ Ἥρης χρυσοπεδίλου | The sailors. Others haunt the limitle |
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| αἰδοίην θέτʼ ἄκοιτιν ἐν Οὐλύμπῳ νιφόεντι | And blooming earth, where recklessly they spoil |
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| ὄλβιος, ὃς μέγα ἔργον ἐν ἀθανάτοισιν ἀνύσσας | The splendid crops that mortals sweat and toil |
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| ναίει ἀπήμαντος καὶ ἀγήραος ἤματα πάντα. | To cultivate, and cruel agitation |
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| ἠελίῳ δʼ ἀκάμαντι τέκεν κλυτὸς Ὠκεανίνη | Are everywhere. At the cessation |
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| Περσηὶς Κίρκην τε καὶ Αἰήτην βασιλῆα. | Of the gods’ Titan wars, when they emerged |
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| Αἰήτης δʼ υἱὸς φαεσιμβρότου Ἠελίοιο | Successful with their dignity, they urged |
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| κούρην Ὠκεανοῖο τελήεντος ποταμοῖο | All-seeing Zeus to wield his sovereignty |
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| γῆμε θεῶν βουλῇσιν Ἰδυῖαν καλλιπάρῃον. | Over them, at Earth’s suggestion, and so he |
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| ἣ δέ οἱ Μήδειαν ἐύσφυρον ἐν φιλότητι | Divided among the gods their dignities. |
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| γείναθʼ ὑποδμηθεῖσα διὰ χρυσέην Ἀφροδίτην. | Now Zeus, the king of all divinities |
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| ὑμεῖς μὲν νῦν χαίρετʼ, Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχοντες | First wed Metis, the wisest among men |
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| νῆσοί τʼ ἤπειροί τε καὶ ἁλμυρὸς ἔνδοθι πόντος. | And all the immortal gods, but later, when |
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| νῦν δὲ θεάων φῦλον ἀείσατε, ἡδυέπειαι | Her time arrived to bring forth the godde |
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| Μοῦσαι Ὀλυμπιάδες, κοῦραι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο | Grey-eyed Athene, he with artfulne |
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| ὅσσαι δὴ θνητοῖσι παρʼ ἀνδράσιν εὐνηθεῖσαι | And cunning words in his own belly hid |
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| ἀθάναται γείναντο θεοῖς ἐπιείκελα τέκνα. | The child, as he by Earth and Heaven was bid |
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| Δημήτηρ μὲν Πλοῦτον ἐγείνατο, δῖα θεάων | So that no other god should ever hold sway |
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| Ἰασίωνʼ ἥρωι μιγεῖσʼ ἐρατῇ φιλότητι | For destiny revealed that she someday |
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| νειῷ ἔνι τριπόλῳ, Κρήτης ἐν πίονι δήμῳ | Would bear wise brood – first, her of the bright eyes |
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| ἐσθλόν, ὃς εἶσʼ ἐπὶ γῆν τε καὶ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης | Tritogeneia, just as strong and wise |
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| πάντη· τῷ δὲ τυχόντι καὶ οὗ κʼ ἐς χεῖρας ἵκηται | As Father Zeus, but later she would bring |
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| τὸν δʼ ἀφνειὸν ἔθηκε, πολὺν δέ οἱ ὤπασεν ὄλβον. | Into the world an overbearing king |
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| Κάδμῳ δʼ Ἁρμονίη, θυγάτηρ χρυσέης Ἀφροδιτης | Of gods and men. Before his birth, though, he |
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| Ἰνὼ καὶ Σεμέλην καὶ Ἀγαυὴν καλλιπάρῃον | Put her into his belly so that she |
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| Αὐτονόην θʼ, ἣν γῆμεν Ἀρισταῖος βαθυχαίτης | Might counsel him. And then he wed the bright |
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| γείνατο καὶ Πολύδωρον ἐυστεφάνῳ ἐνὶ Θήβῃ. | Themis, who bore The Hours, Order, Right |
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| κούρη δʼ Ὠκεανοῦ, Χρυσάορι καρτεροθύμῳ | And blooming Peace, who mind men’s works. Then she |
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| μιχθεῖσʼ ἐν φιλότητι πολυχρύσου Ἀφροδίτης | Bore all the Fates, whom Zeus especially |
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| Καλλιρόη τέκε παῖδα βροτῶν κάρτιστον ἁπάντων | Honoured – Atropos, Lachesis and Clotho – |
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| Γηρυονέα, τὸν κτεῖνε βίη Ἡρακληείη | Who judge which way a mortal man may go |
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| βοῶν ἕνεκʼ εἰλιπόδων ἀμφιρρύτῳ εἰν Ἐρυθείῃ. | To good or bad. Then fair Eurynome |
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| Τιθωνῷ δʼ Ἠὼς τέκε Μέμνονα χαλκοκορυστήν | The child of Ocean, bore to Lord Zeus three |
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| Αἰθιόπων βασιλῆα, καὶ Ἠμαθίωνα ἄνακτα. | Graces, fair-cheeked, Aglaea, Euphrosyne |
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| αὐτὰρ ὑπαὶ Κεφάλῳ φιτύσατο φαίδιμον υἱόν | And fair Thaleia, whose glance lovingly |
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| ἴφθιμον Φαέθοντα, θεοῖς ἐπιείκελον ἄνδρα. | Melted the limbs of all. Indeed the eye |
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| τόν ῥα νέον τέρεν ἄνθος ἔχοντʼ ἐρικυδέος ἥβης | Of all of them were fit to hypnotize |
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| παῖδʼ ἀταλὰ φρονέοντα φιλομμειδὴς Ἀφροδίτη | Those whom they looked upon; and furthermore |
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| ὦρτʼ ἀναρεψαμένη, καί μιν ζαθέοις ἐνὶ νηοῖς | He wed nourishing Demeter, who then bore |
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| νηοπόλον νύχιον ποιήσατο, δαίμονα δῖον. | A daughter, the fair-armed Persephone |
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| κούρην δʼ Αἰήταο διοτρεφέος βασιλῆος | Whom Hades snatched away, though prudently |
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| Αἰσονίδης βουλῇσι θεῶν αἰειγενετάων | Zeus brought her back; fair-tressed Mnemosyne |
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| ἦγε παρʼ Αἰήτεω, τελέσας στονόεντας ἀέθλους | He lay with next, producing progeny – |
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| τοὺς πολλοὺς ἐπέτελλε μέγας βασιλεὺς ὑπερήνωρ | The nine gold-armèd Muses glorying |
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| ὑβριστὴς Πελίης καὶ ἀτάσθαλος, ὀβριμοεργός. | In singing songs as well as banqueting. |
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| τοὺς τελέσας Ἰαωλκὸν ἀφίκετο, πολλὰ μογήσας | Then Zeus was joined in love to the godde |
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| ὠκείης ἐπὶ νηὸς ἄγων ἑλικώπιδα κούρην | Leto, and from their love the archere |
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| Αἰσονίδης, καί μιν θαλερὴν ποιήσατʼ ἄκοιτιν. | Artemis and Apollo sprang, who’d be |
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