Τυφὼς ἑκατοντακάρανος: τόν ποτε
Κιλίκιον θρέψεν πολυώνυμον ἄντρον: νῦν γε μὰν
ταί θ᾽ ὑπὲρ Κύμας ἁλιερκέες ὄχθαι
Σικελία τ᾽ αὐτοῦ πιέζει στέρνα λαχνάεντα: 1/
#Pindar #Pythian 2.16-19

κίων δ᾽ οὐρανία συνέχει,
νιφόεσσ᾽ Αἴτνα, πάνετες χιόνος ὀξείας τιθήνα:
τᾶς ἐρεύγονται μὲν ἀπλάτου πυρὸς ἁγνόταται
ἐκ μυχῶν παγαί: ποταμοὶ δ᾽ ἁμέραισιν μὲν προχέοντι ῥόον καπνοῦ
αἴθων᾽: #Aetna #VolcanicEruption
#Pindar #Pythian 2.19-23

ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ὄρφναισιν πέτρας
φοίνισσα κυλινδομένα φλὸξ ἐς βαθεῖαν φέρει πόντου πλάκα σὺν πατάγῳ.
κεῖνο δ᾽ Ἁφαίστοιο κρουνοὺς ἑρπετὸν
δεινοτάτους ἀναπέμπει: τέρας μὲν θαυμάσιον προσιδέσθαι, θαῦμα δὲ καὶ παρεόντων ἀκοῦσαι,
#Aetna #Eruption
#Pindar #Pythian 2.23-27

Typhon with his hundred heads. Once the famous Cilician cave nurtured him, but now the sea-girt cliffs above Cumae, and Sicily too, lie heavy on his shaggy chest. And the pillar of the sky holds him down, snow-covered Aetna, year-round nurse of bitter frost, 1/

from whose inmost caves belch forth the purest streams of unapproachable fire. In the daytime her rivers roll out a fiery flood of smoke, while in the darkness of night the crimson flame hurls rocks down to the deep plain of the sea with a crashing roar. 2/

That monster shoots up the most terrible jets of fire; it is a marvellous wonder to see, and a marvel even to hear about when men are present. 3/

Dr. MariaGXanthou FHEA Κατὰ Λεωκράτους -Λυκούργος