the dog-days, the fish-man and the ram,

who carry weapons that spare not, who fear not the conflict,

insolent of heart, unconquerable by the enemy.

Moreover that she may have eleven such monsters,

among the gods, her sons, whom she has summoned together,

she has raised up Kingu and magnified him among them:

'To march before the host, be that thy duty!

Order the weapons to be uplifted and the onset of battle!'

That he may be first in the conflict, the leader in victory,

she has taken his hand and set him on a throne: