θαῦμα ἰδεῖν καὶ Ζηνὶ βαρυκτύπῳ, οὗ διὰ βουλὰς
Ἥφαιστος ποίησε σάκος μέγα τε στιβαρόν τε,
ἀρσάμενος παλάμῃσι. τὸ μὲν Διὸς ἄλκιμος υἱὸς
πάλλεν ἐπικρατέως: ἐπὶ δ᾽ ἱππείου θόρε δίφρου,
εἴκελος ἀστεροπῇ πατρὸς Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο,
κοῦφα βιβάς: τῷ δ᾽ ἡνίοχος κρατερὸς Ἰόλαος
δίφρου ἐπεμβεβαὼς ἰθύνετο καμπύλον ἅρμα.
ἀγχίμολον δέ σφ᾽ ἦλθε θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη,
καί σφεας θαρσύνουσα ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:
318-326 A wonderful thing the great strong shield was to see--even for Zeus the loud-thunderer, by whose will Hephaestus made it and fitted it with his hands. This shield the valiant son of Zeus wielded masterly, and leaped upon his horse-chariot like the lightning of his father Zeus who holds the aegis, moving lithely. And his charioteer, strong Iolaus, standing upon the car, guided the curved chariot.
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Introduction
