hesiod, the homeric hymns, and homerica-第24部分

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　and　the　lurid　thunderbolt；　which　are　the　shafts　of　great　Zeus；　and　carried　the　clangour　and　the　warcry　into　the　midst　of　the　two　hosts。　　An　horrible　uproar　of　terrible　strife　arose：　mighty　deeds　were　shown　and　the　battle　inclined。　　But　until　then；　they　kept　at　one　another　and　fought　continually　in　cruel　war。

（ll。　713…735）　And　amongst　the　foremost　Cottus　and　Briareos　and　Gyes　insatiate　for　war　raised　fierce　fighting：　three　hundred　rocks；　one　upon　another；　they　launched　from　their　strong　hands　and　overshadowed　the　Titans　with　their　missiles；　and　buried　them　beneath　the　wide…pathed　earth；　and　bound　them　in　bitter　chains　when　they　had　conquered　them　by　their　strength　for　all　their　great　spirit；　as　far　beneath　the　earth　to　Tartarus。　　For　a　brazen　anvil　falling　down　from　heaven　nine　nights　and　days　would　reach　the　earth　upon　the　tenth：　and　again；　a　brazen　anvil　falling　from　earth　nine　nights　and　days　would　reach　Tartarus　upon　the　tenth。　　Round　it　runs　a　fence　of　bronze；　and　night　spreads　in　triple　line　all　about　it　like　a　neck…circlet；　while　above　grow　the　roots　of　the　earth　and　unfruitful　sea。　　There　by　the　counsel　of　Zeus　who　drives　the　clouds　the　Titan　gods　are　hidden　under　misty　gloom；　in　a　dank　place　where　are　the　ends　of　the　huge　earth。　　And　they　may　not　go　out；　for　Poseidon　fixed　gates　of　bronze　upon　it；　and　a　wall　runs　all　round　it　on　every　side。　　There　Gyes　and　Cottus　and　great…souled　Obriareus　live；　trusty　warders　of　Zeus　who　holds　the　aegis。

（ll。　736…744）　And　there；　all　in　their　order；　are　the　sources　and　ends　of　gloomy　earth　and　misty　Tartarus　and　the　unfruitful　sea　and　starry　heaven；　loathsome　and　dank；　which　even　the　gods　abhor。

It　is　a　great　gulf；　and　if　once　a　man　were　within　the　gates；　he　would　not　reach　the　floor　until　a　whole　year　had　reached　its　end；　but　cruel　blast　upon　blast　would　carry　him　this　way　and　that。　　And　this　marvel　is　awful　even　to　the　deathless　gods。

（ll。　744…757）　There　stands　the　awful　home　of　murky　Night　wrapped　in　dark　clouds。　　In　front　of　it　the　son　of　Iapetus　（22）　stands　immovably　upholding　the　wide　heaven　upon　his　head　and　unwearying　hands；　where　Night　and　Day　draw　near　and　greet　one　another　as　they　pass　the　great　threshold　of　bronze：　and　while　the　one　is　about　to　go　down　into　the　house；　the　other　comes　out　at　the　door。

And　the　house　never　holds　them　both　within；　but　always　one　is　without　the　house　passing　over　the　earth；　while　the　other　stays　at　home　and　waits　until　the　time　for　her　journeying　come；　and　the　one　holds　all…seeing　light　for　them　on　earth；　but　the　other　holds　in　her　arms　Sleep　the　brother　of　Death；　even　evil　Night；　wrapped　in　a　vaporous　cloud。

（ll。　758…766）　And　there　the　children　of　dark　Night　have　their　dwellings；　Sleep　and　Death；　awful　gods。　　The　glowing　Sun　never　looks　upon　them　with　his　beams；　neither　as　he　goes　up　into　heaven；　nor　as　he　comes　down　from　heaven。　　And　the　former　of　them　roams　peacefully　over　the　earth　and　the　sea's　broad　back　and　is　kindly　to　men；　but　the　other　has　a　heart　of　iron；　and　his　spirit　within　him　is　pitiless　as　bronze：　whomsoever　of　men　he　has　once　seized　he　holds　fast：　and　he　is　hateful　even　to　the　deathless　gods。

（ll。　767…774）　There；　in　front；　stand　the　echoing　halls　of　the　god　of　the　lower…world；　strong　Hades；　and　of　awful　Persephone。　　A　fearful　hound　guards　the　house　in　front；　pitiless；　and　he　has　a　cruel　trick。　　On　those　who　go　in　he　fawns　with　his　tail　and　both　is　ears；　but　suffers　them　not　to　go　out　back　again；　but　keeps　watch　and　devours　whomsoever　he　catches　going　out　of　the　gates　of　strong　Hades　and　awful　Persephone。

（ll。　775…806）　And　there　dwells　the　goddess　loathed　by　the　deathless　gods；　terrible　Styx；　eldest　daughter　of　back…flowing　（23）　Ocean。　　She　lives　apart　from　the　gods　in　her　glorious　house　vaulted　over　with　great　rocks　and　propped　up　to　heaven　all　round　with　silver　pillars。　　Rarely　does　the　daughter　of　Thaumas；　swift…　footed　Iris；　come　to　her　with　a　message　over　the　sea's　wide　back。

But　when　strife　and　quarrel　arise　among　the　deathless　gods；　and　when　any　of　them　who　live　in　the　house　of　Olympus　lies；　then　Zeus　sends　Iris　to　bring　in　a　golden　jug　the　great　oath　of　the　gods　from　far　away；　the　famous　cold　water　which　trickles　down　from　a　high　and　beetling　rock。　　Far　under　the　wide…pathed　earth　a　branch　of　Oceanus　flows　through　the　dark　night　out　of　the　holy　stream；　and　a　tenth　part　of　his　water　is　allotted　to　her。　　With　nine　silver…swirling　streams　he　winds　about　the　earth　and　the　sea's　wide　back；　and　then　falls　into　the　main　（24）；　but　the　tenth　flows　out　from　a　rock；　a　sore　trouble　to　the　gods。　　For　whoever　of　the　deathless　gods　that　hold　the　peaks　of　snowy　Olympus　pours　a　libation　of　her　water　is　forsworn；　lies　breathless　until　a　full　year　is　completed；　and　never　comes　near　to　taste　ambrosia　and　nectar；　but　lies　spiritless　and　voiceless　on　a　strewn　bed：　and　a　heavy　trance　overshadows　him。　　But　when　he　has　spent　a　long　year　in　his　sickness；　another　penance　and　an　harder　follows　after　the　first。　　For　nine　years　he　is　cut　off　from　the　eternal　gods　and　never　joins　their　councils　of　their　feasts；　nine　full　years。　　But　in　the　tenth　year　he　comes　again　to　join　the　assemblies　of　the　deathless　gods　who　live　in　the　house　of　Olympus。　　Such　an　oath；　then；　did　the　gods　appoint　the　eternal　and　primaeval　water　of　Styx　to　be：　and　it　spouts　through　a　rugged　place。

（ll。　807…819）　And　there；　all　in　their　order；　are　the　sources　and　ends　of　the　dark　earth　and　misty　Tartarus　and　the　unfruitful　sea　and　starry　heaven；　loathsome　and　dank；　which　even　the　gods　abhor。

And　there　are　shining　gates　and　an　immoveable　threshold　of　bronze　having　unending　roots　and　it　is　grown　of　itself　（25）。　　And　beyond；　away　from　all　the　gods；　live　the　Titans；　beyond　gloomy　Chaos。　　But　the　glorious　allies　of　loud…crashing　Zeus　have　their　dwelling　upon　Ocean's　foundations；　even　Cottus　and　Gyes；　but　Briareos；　being　goodly；　the　deep…roaring　Earth…Shaker　made　his　son…in…law；　giving　him　Cymopolea　his　daughter　to　wed。

（ll。　820…868）　But　when　Zeus　had　driven　the　Titans　from　heaven；　huge　Earth　bare　her　youngest　child　Typhoeus　of　the　love　of　Tartarus；　by　the　aid　of　golden　Aphrodite。　　Strength　was　with　his　hands　in　all　that　he　did　and　the　feet　of　the　strong　god　were　untiring。　　From　his　shoulders　grew　an　hundred　heads　of　a　snake；　a　fearful　dragon；　with　dark；　flickering　tongues；　and　from　under　the　brows　of　his　eyes　in　his　marvellous　heads　flashed　fire；　and　fire　burned　from　his　heads　as　he　glared。　　And　there　were　voices　in　all　his　dreadful　heads　which　uttered　every　kind　of　sound　unspeakable；　for　at　one　time　they　made　sounds　such　that　the　gods　understood；　but　at　another；　the　noise　of　a　bull　bellowing　aloud　in　proud　ungovernable　fury；　and　at　another；　the　sound　of　a　lion；　relentless　of　heart；　and　at　anothers；　sounds　like　whelps；　wonderful　to　hear；　and　again；　at　another；　he　would　hiss；　so　that　the　high　mountains　re…echoed。　　And　truly　a　thing　past　help　would　have　happened　on　that　day；　and　he　would　have　come　to　reign　over　mortals　and　immortals；　had　not　the　father　of　men　and　gods　been　quick　to　perceive　it。　　But　he　thundered　hard　and　mightily：　and　the　earth　around　resounded　terribly　and　the　wide　heaven　above；　and　the　sea　and　Ocean's　streams　and　the　nether　parts　of　the　ea