§662ῥυσόμεθα κράτος ὑμὸν ἐν αἰνῇ δηϊοτῆτι §663μαρνάμενοι Τιτῆσιν ἀνὰ κρατερὰς ὑσμίνας. §664ὣς φάτʼ· ἐπῄνεσσαν δὲ θεοί, δωτῆρες ἐάων, §665μῦθον ἀκούσαντες· πολέμου δʼ ἐλιλαίετο θυμὸς §666μᾶλλον ἔτʼ ἢ τὸ πάροιθε· μάχην δʼ ἀμέγαρτον ἔγειραν §667πάντες, θήλειαι τε καὶ ἄρσενες, ἤματι κείνῳ, §668Τιτῆνές τε θεοὶ καὶ ὅσοι Κρόνου ἐξεγένοντο, §669οὕς τε Ζεὺς Ἐρέβευσφιν ὑπὸ χθονὸς ἧκε φόωσδε §670δεινοί τε κρατεροί τε, βίην ὑπέροπλον ἔχοντες.
we shall protect your dominion in the dread combat, fighting against the Titans in violent battles." Thus he spoke; and the gods, givers of good things, approved hearing his words; and their spirit desired war even more than before; and a terrible battle they raised, all of them, both female and male, on that day, the Titan gods and as many as were born of Cronos, and those whom Zeus sent from Erebus under the earth to the light, dread and strong, having overbearing force.
§671τῶν ἑκατὸν μὲν χεῖρες ἀπʼ ὤμων ἀίσσοντο §672πᾶσιν ὁμῶς, κεφαλαὶ δὲ ἑκάστῳ πεντήκοντα §673ἐξ ὤμων ἐπέφυκον ἐπὶ στιβαροῖσι μέλεσσιν.
A hundred arms darted from the shoulders of all of them alike, and fifty heads grew from the shoulders of each upon their sturdy limbs.
They then stood against the Titans in grim combat, holding steep rocks in their sturdy hands.
§676Τιτῆνες δʼ ἑτέρωθεν ἐκαρτύναντο φάλαγγας §677προφρονέως, χειρῶν τε βίης θʼ ἅμα ἔργον ἔφαινον §678ἀμφότεροι·
The Titans on the other side strengthened their phalanxes eagerly, and at the same time both sides showed the work of their hands and strength.
δεινὸν δὲ περίαχε πόντος ἀπείρων, §679γῆ δὲ μέγʼ ἐσμαράγησεν, ἐπέστενε δʼ οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς §680σειόμενος, πεδόθεν δὲ τινάσσετο μακρὸς Ὄλυμπος §681ῥιπῇ ὕπʼ ἀθανάτων, ἔνοσις δʼ ἵκανε βαρεῖα §682Τάρταρον ἠερόεντα, ποδῶν τʼ αἰπεῖα ἰωὴ §683ἀσπέτου ἰωχμοῖο βολάων τε κρατεράων·
And the boundless sea echoed dreadfully, and the earth crashed loudly, and the wide heaven groaned shaken, and from its foundations tall Olympus trembled under the rush of the immortals, and a heavy shaking reached misty Tartarus, and the sharp sound of their feet, of their unspeakable onset and mighty missiles.
§684ὣς ἄρʼ ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοις ἵεσαν βέλεα στονόεντα.
Thus indeed they cast their groaning missiles at one another.
And the voice of both sides reached the starry heaven as they shouted; and they came together with a great war-cry.
§687οὐδʼ ἄρʼ ἔτι Ζεὺς ἴσχεν ἑὸν μένος, ἀλλά νυ τοῦ γε §688εἶθαρ μὲν μένεος πλῆντο φρένες, ἐκ δέ τε πᾶσαν §689φαῖνε βίην·
Nor did Zeus any longer restrain his fury, but indeed at once his heart was filled with fury, and all his strength he showed.
ἄμυδις δʼ ἄρʼ ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ ἠδʼ ἀπʼ Ὀλύμπου §690ἀστράπτων ἔστειχε συνωχαδόν· οἱ δὲ κεραυνοὶ §691ἴκταρ ἅμα βροντῇ τε καὶ ἀστεροπῇ ποτέοντο §692χειρὸς ἄπο στιβαρῆς, ἱερὴν φλόγα εἰλυφόωντες §693ταρφέες· ἀμφὶ δὲ γαῖα φερέσβιος ἐσμαράγιζε §694καιομένη, λάκε δʼ ἀμφὶ πυρὶ μεγάλʼ ἄσπετος ὕλη.
Together from heaven and from Olympus lightning, he strode continuously; and the thunderbolts fliew thick with thunder and flash from his sturdy hand, rolling a holy flame frequently; and all around the life-giving earth crashed, burning, and the immense forest crackled loudly with fire around.
§695ἔζεε δὲ χθὼν πᾶσα καὶ Ὠκεανοῖο ῥέεθρα §696πόντος τʼ ἀτρύγετος· τοὺς δʼ ἄμφεπε θερμὸς ἀυτμὴ §697Τιτῆνας χθονίους, φλὸξ δʼ αἰθέρα δῖαν ἵκανεν §698ἄσπετος, ὄσσε δʼ ἄμερδε καὶ ἰφθίμων περ ἐόντων §699αὐγὴ μαρμαίρουσα κεραυνοῦ τε στεροπῆς τε.
And all the land boiled, and the streams of Ocean, and the barren sea; and the hot breath enveloped the earthborn Titans, and the unspeakable flame reached the bright upper air, and the eyes, though they were strong, were blinded by the flashing glare of the thunderbolt and lightning.
§700καῦμα δὲ θεσπέσιον κάτεχεν Χάος· εἴσατο δʼ ἄντα §701ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν ἠδʼ οὔασι ὄσσαν ἀκοῦσαι §702αὔτως, ὡς εἰ Γαῖα καὶ Οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ὕπερθε §703πίλνατο· τοῖος γάρ κε μέγας ὑπὸ δοῦπος ὀρώρει §704τῆς μὲν ἐρειπομένης, τοῦ δʼ ὑψόθεν ἐξεριπόντος· §705τόσσος δοῦπος ἔγεντο θεῶν ἔριδι ξυνιόντων.
And an extraordinary heat seized Chaos; and it seemed to see plainly with the eyes and to hear the sound with the ears in the selfsame way as if Earth and wide Heaven above collided; for such a great crash would have arisen from the one being ruined and the other falling down from on high; so great a crash arose as the gods clashed in strife.
§706σὺν δʼ ἄνεμοι ἔνοσίν τε κονίην τʼ ἐσφαράγιζον §707βροντήν τε στεροπήν τε καὶ αἰθαλόεντα κεραυνόν, §708κῆλα Διὸς μεγάλοιο, φέρον δʼ ἰαχήν τʼ ἐνοπήν τε §709ἐς μέσον ἀμφοτέρων· ὄτοβος δʼ ἄπλητος ὀρώρει §710σμερδαλέης ἔριδος, κάρτος δʼ ἀνεφαίνετο ἔργων.
And the winds swirled together the shaking and the dust, thunder and lightning and glowing thunderbolt, the shafts of great Zeus, and carried the shouting and cry into the midst of both sides; and an immense din arose of the dreadful strife, and the power of their deeds was displayed.
And the battle was inclined; but before, pressing hard on each other, they had fought continuously through violent combats.
§713οἳ δʼ ἄρʼ ἐνὶ πρώτοισι μάχην δριμεῖαν ἔγειραν §714Κόττος τε Βριάρεώς τε Γύης τʼ ἄατος πολέμοιο, §715οἵ ῥα τριηκοσίας πέτρας στιβαρῶν ἀπὸ χειρῶν §716πέμπον ἐπασσυτέρας, κατὰ δʼ ἐσκίασαν βελέεσσι §717Τιτῆνας, καὶ τοὺς μὲν ὑπὸ χθονὸς εὐρυοδείης §718πέμψαν καὶ δεσμοῖσιν ἐν ἀργαλέοισιν ἔδησαν §719χερσὶν νικήσαντες ὑπερθύμους περ ἐόντας, §720τόσσον ἔνερθʼ ὑπὸ γῆς, ὅσον οὐρανός ἐστʼ ἀπὸ γαίης· §721τόσσον γάρ τʼ ἀπὸ γῆς ἐς Τάρταρον ἠερόεντα.
And those in the forefront raised a sharp fight, Cottus, Briareus, and Gyges insatiable of war, who indeed sent three hundred rocks from their sturdy hands one after another, and overshadowed with missiles the Titans, and them beneath the wide-wayed earth sent and bound in painful bonds, having conquered them by the power of their hands, though they were proud, as far beneath the earth as heaven is from earth; for so far is it from earth to misty Tartarus.
§722ἐννέα γὰρ νύκτας τε καὶ ἤματα χάλκεος ἄκμων §723οὐρανόθεν κατιὼν δεκάτῃ κʼ ἐς γαῖαν ἵκοιτο· §724ἐννέα δʼ αὖ νύκτας τε καὶ ἤματα χάλκεος ἄκμων §725ἐκ γαίης κατιὼν δεκάτῃ κʼ ἐς Τάρταρον ἵκοι.
For nine nights and days a bronze anvil falling from heaven would reach the earth on the tenth; and again for nine nights and days a bronze anvil falling from earth would reach Tartarus on the tenth.
§726τὸν πέρι χάλκεον ἕρκος ἐλήλαται· ἀμφὶ δέ μιν νὺξ §727τριστοιχεὶ κέχυται περὶ δειρήν· αὐτὰρ ὕπερθεν §728γῆς ῥίζαι πεφύασι καὶ ἀτρυγέτοιο θαλάσσης.
Around it a bronze wall is driven; and about it night is poured in three folds around its neck; while above grow the roots of earth and the barren sea.