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| Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica. 1922. |
| Fragments of the Epic Cycle |
| The War of the Titans |
1. THE EPIC CYCLE begins with the fabled union of Heaven and Earth, by which they make three hundred-handed sons and three Cyclopes to be born to him. | 1 |
2. According to the writer of the War of the Titans Heaven was the son of Aether. | 2 |
3. Eumelus says that Aegaeon was the son of Earth and Sea and, having his dwelling in the sea, was an ally of the Titans. | 3 |
4. The poet of the War of the Titans, whether Eumelus of Corinth or Arctinus, writes thus in his second book: “Upon the shield were dumb fish afloat, with golden faces, swimming and sporting through the heavenly water.” | 4 |
5. Eumelus somewhere introduces Zeus dancing: he says—“In the midst of them danced the Father of men and gods.” | 5 |
6. The author of the War of the Giants says that Cronos took the shape of a horse and lay with Philyra, the daughter Ocean. Through this cause Cheiron was born a centaur: his wife was Chariclo. | 6 |
7. Theolytus says that he (Heracles) sailed across the sea in a cauldron; 1 but the first to give this story is the author of the War of the Titans. | 7 |
8. The author of the War of the Titans says that the apples (of the Hesperides) were guarded … | 8 |
| Note 1. See the cylix reproduced by Gerhard, Abhandlungen, taf. 5, 4. Cp. Stesichorus, Frag. 3 (Smyth). [back] |
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