1. Hesiod, Theogony, 736-738, 744-754, 759-762, 807-809, 811 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: • Heliades • Helios and Heliades
Found in books: Iribarren and Koning (2022) 69, 221, 222; Tor (2017) 257, 351, 352, 358
736. ἔνθα δὲ γῆς δνοφερῆς καὶ Ταρτάρου ἠερόεντος'737. πόντου τʼ ἀτρυγέτοιο καὶ οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος 738. ἑξείης πάντων πηγαὶ καὶ πείρατʼ ἔασιν 744. τοῦτο τέρας. Νυκτὸς δʼ ἐρεβεννῆς οἰκία δεινὰ 745. ἕστηκεν νεφέλῃς κεκαλυμμένα κυανέῃσιν. 746. τῶν πρόσθʼ Ἰαπετοῖο πάις ἔχει οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν 747. ἑστηὼς κεφαλῇ τε καὶ ἀκαμάτῃσι χέρεσσιν 748. ἀστεμφέως, ὅθι Νύξ τε καὶ Ἡμέρη ἆσσον ἰοῦσαι 749. ἀλλήλας προσέειπον, ἀμειβόμεναι μέγαν οὐδὸν 750. χάλκεον· ἣ μὲν ἔσω καταβήσεται, ἣ δὲ θύραζε 751. ἔρχεται, οὐδέ ποτʼ ἀμφοτέρας δόμος ἐντὸς ἐέργει, 752. ἀλλʼ αἰεὶ ἑτέρη γε δόμων ἔκτοσθεν ἐοῦσα 753. γαῖαν ἐπιστρέφεται, ἣ δʼ αὖ δόμου ἐντὸς ἐοῦσα 754. μίμνει τὴν αὐτῆς ὥρην ὁδοῦ, ἔστʼ ἂν ἵκηται, 759. Ὕπνος καὶ Θάνατος, δεινοὶ θεοί· οὐδέ ποτʼ αὐτοὺς 760. Ἠέλιος φαέθων ἐπιδέρκεται ἀκτίνεσσιν 761. οὐρανὸν εἲς ἀνιὼν οὐδʼ οὐρανόθεν καταβαίνων. 762. τῶν δʼ ἕτερος γαῖάν τε καὶ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης 807. ἔνθα δὲ γῆς δνοφερῆς καὶ Ταρτάρου ἠερόεντος 811. ἔνθα δὲ μαρμάρεαί τε πύλαι καὶ χάλκεος οὐδὸς '. None | 736. The boundless sea roared with a fearful sound'737. And all the earth crashed loudly; in the sky 738. Wide Heaven, shaking, groaned and groaned; on high 744. Their deadly shafts, and up to heaven whirled 745. The shouts of both the armies as the fight 746. They now engaged. Now Zeus held back his might 747. No longer, but at once he was aflame 748. With fury; from Olympus then he came, 749. Showing his strength and hurling lightning 750. Continually; his bolts went rocketing 751. Nonstop from his strong hand and, whirling, flashed 752. An awesome flame. The nurturing earth then crashed 753. And burned, the mighty forest crackling 754. Fortissimo, the whole earth smouldering, 759. of Zeus’s bolt and lightning, although they 760. Were strong and mighty, took their sight away. 761. Astounding heat seized Chaos, and to hear 762. And see it, Earth and Heaven were surely near 807. Before reaching its floor, but even so 808. Squall after squall may toss him to and fro. 809. Even the deathless gods are full of awe 811. Lives murky, cloud-wrapped Night, while in front stand '. None |
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