Many are the horrors, dread and appalling, bred of earth, and the arms of the deep teem with hateful monsters. Likewise between heaven and earth lights hung high in the air draw near; and winged things and things that walk the earth can also tell of the stormy wrath of whirlwinds.
………………………..πολλὰ μὲν γᾶ τρέφει
………………………..δεινὰ καὶ δειμάτων ἄχη,
………………………..πόντιαί τ᾽ ἀγκάλαι κνωδάλων
………………………..ἀνταίων βρύουσι:
………………………..πλάθουσι βλαστοῦσι καὶ πεδαίχμιοι
………………………..λαμπάδες πεδάοροι,
………………………..πτανά τε καὶ πεδοβά–
………………………..μονα κἀνεμοέντ᾽ ἂν
………………………..αἰγίδων φράσαι κότον.
………………………..ἀλλ᾽ ὑπέρτολμον ἀν-
………………………..δρὸς φρόνημα τίς λέγοι
………………………..καὶ γυναικῶν φρεσὶν τλαμόνων καὶ
………………………..παντόλμους ἔρωτας
………………………..ἄταισι συννόμους βροτῶν;
………………………..ξυζύγους δ᾽ ὁμαυλίας
………………………..θηλυκρατὴς ἀπέρ-
………………………..ωτος ἔρως παρανικᾷ
………………………..κνωδάλων τε καὶ βροτῶν.
But who can tell of man’s overweening spirit, and of the reckless passions of women hardened of soul, partners of the woes of mortals? Inordinate passion, overmastering the female, gains a fatal victory over the wedded unions of beasts and humans alike.
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