By Hesiod, Catherine Schlegel, Henry Weinfield
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In the land of the Arimoi, beneath the earth, she stayed- 305 Baleful Echidna-all her days an ageless, deathless maid. But Typhon mingled with her in love-or so it has been said, The terrible, unruly one with her of the glancing eye; So she conceived and she gave birth to dauntless progeny. Orthos, a dog for Geryon-this was the first she bore; 3 10 Then one that was impossible, unsp eakable, the cur HE S I O D 32 Kerberos of Hades, fifty-headed, with great power: Shameless, he had a brazen voice and raw flesh would devour.
Now make known to the Titans your resistless arms, vast force, 650 As you oppose them in the grievous battle 's mournful course, Remembering our kind friendship and how many were your pains Before you had reached the light once more, loosed from your cruel chains And from the gloomy darkness through the actions that we took. " He finished; then at once replying, blameless Kottos spoke : 65 5 "The things that you have spoken of, dear sir, we know them well: We know how much in thought and understanding you excel, And how you've been a bulwark against ruin for the gods , And, by your thoughtful wisdom, how you freed us from the abodes Of gloomy darkness where we had been cruelly enchained: 660 What we could not have hop ed for, son of Kronos, we have gained Because of this.
The Titans meanwhile firmed their ranks zealously; never stopping, The two sides simultaneously their prowess in war revealed In equal measure-dreadfully the boundless ocean wailed, The earth roared hugely and the vaulted sky in answer groaned, 680 Shaken-and high Olympos shook from its base up on the ground At the onrush of the immortals; and the thundering of their feet, The din on high of battle rout, unspeakable, the great Hurtling of their missiles reached the gloomy underworld; And so those groaning missiles at each other' s ranks were hurled, 68 5 And both sides' shouts and exhortations reached the starry sky, And so they came together with a massive battle cry.