4. Hippomedon
(“Ὁ σηματουργὸς — φόβον βλέπων·” — Lines 487-494.)
“... On its orb, no vulgar artist
Expressed this image: ‘A Typhæus huge,
Disgorging from his foul enfounder’d jaws,
In fierce effusion wreaths of dusky smoke.
Signal of kindling flames; its bending verge
With folds of twisted serpents border’d round.’
With shouts the giant chief provokes the war,
And in the ravings of outrageous valour
Glares terror from his eyes...”