[[449]]Εκ δε ὁι οσσων
Θεσπεσιῃς κεφαλῃσιν ὑπ' οφρυσι πυρ αμαρυσσε·
Πασεων δ' εκ κεφαλεων πυρ καιετο δερκομενοιο.
But the noblest description of Typhon is given in some very fine poetry by Nonnus. He has taken his ideas from some antient tower situated near the sea upon the summit of an high mountain. It was probably the Typhonian temple of Zeus upon mount Casius, near the famed Serbonian lake. He mentions sad noises heard within, and describes the roaring of the surge below: and says that all the monsters of the sea stabled in the cavities at the foot of the mountain, which was washed by the ocean.
[[450]]Εν ιχθυοεντι δε ποντῳ
Ἱσταμενου Τυφωνος εσω βρυοεντος εναυλου
Βενθεϊ ταρσα πεπηκτο, και ηερι μιγνυτο γαστηρ
Θλιβομενη νεφεεσσι· Γιγαντειου δε καρηνου
Φρικτον αερσιλοφων αϊων βρυχημα λεοντων,
Ποντιος ειλυοεντι λεων εκαλυπτετο κολπῳ. κτλ.