χερσί γε μὴν σάκος εἷλε παναίολον, οὐδέ τις αὐτὸ
οὔτ᾽ ἔρρηξε βαλὼν οὔτ᾽ ἔθλασε, θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι.
πᾶν μὲν γὰρ κύκλῳ τιτάνῳ λευκῷ τ᾽ ἐλέφαντι
ἠλέκτρῳ θ᾽ ὑπολαμπὲς ἔην χρυσῷ τε φαεινῷ
λαμπόμενον, κυάνου δὲ διὰ πτύχες ἠλήλαντο.
ἐν μέσσῳ δ᾽ ἀδάμαντος ἔην Φόβος οὔ τι φατειός,
ἔμπαλιν ὄσσοισιν πυρὶ λαμπομένοισι δεδορκώς:
τοῦ καὶ ὀδόντων μὲν πλῆτο στόμα λευκὰ θεόντων,
δεινῶν ἀπλήτων, ἐπὶ δὲ βλοσυροῖο μετώπου
δεινὴ Ἔρις πεπότητο κορύσσουσα κλόνον ἀνδρῶν,
σχετλίη, ἥ ῥα νόον τε καὶ ἐκ φρένας εἵλετο φωτῶν.
οἵτινες ἀντιβίην πόλεμον Διὸς υἷι φέροιεν.
τῶν καὶ ψυχαὶ μὲν χθόνα δύμεναι Ἄιδος εἴσω
κάκκιον, ὀστέα δέ σφι περὶ ῥινοῖο σαπείσης
Σειρίου ἀζαλέοιο μελαίνῃ πύθεται αἴῃ.
139-153 Heracles shield is described:
In his hands he took his shield, all glittering: no one ever broke it with a blow or crushed it. And a wonder it was to see; for its whole orb was a-shimmer with enamel and white ivory and electrum, and it glowed with shining gold; and there were zones of cyanus drawn upon it. In the centre was Fear worked in adamant, unspeakable, staring backwards with eyes that glowed with fire. His mouth was full of teeth in a white row, fearful and daunting, and upon his grim brow hovered frightful Strife who arrays the throng of men: pitiless she, for she took away the mind and senses of poor wretches who made war against the son of Zeus. Their souls passed beneath the earth and went down into the house of Hades; but their bones, when the skin is rotted about them, crumble away on the dark earth under parching Sirius.
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Introduction
