Of battle, and the shouting. For the din
Tumultuous of that sight-appalling strife
Rose without bound. Stern strength of hardy proof
Wreak’d there its deeds, till weary sank the fight.
But first, array’d in battle, front to front,
Full long they stood, and bore the brunt of war.
Amid the foremost, towering in the van,
[211]The war-unsated Gyges, Briareus,
And Cottus, bitterest conflict waged: for they
Successive thrice a hundred rocks in air