The Remains of Hesiod the Ascræan, Including the Shield of Hercules / Translated into English rhyme and blank verse; with a dissertation on the life and æra, the poems and mythology of Hesiod, and copious notes.

by Hesiod

Of Hercules: the man of heavenly birth.

Then with his hands he raised The Shield, of disk

Diversified: might none with missile aim

Pierce, nor th’ impenetrable substance rive

Shattering: a wondrous frame: since all throughout

Bright with enamel, and with ivory,

And [257]mingled metal; and with ruddy gold

Refulgent, and with azure plates inlaid.

The scaly terror of a dragon coil’d

Full in the central field; unspeakable;