Far leaping from the bowman's hand; so flies

The Cretan dart, but far within the mark.820

His head against the jagged rocks is dashed,

His headless body falls into the sea,

Death[31] claiming both. "But hold," Alcides said,

"No madness steals my reason as of yore;

This is an evil greater far than rage

Of madness; 'gainst myself alone I turn."825

He stays him not to tell his cause of woe,

But rages wildly, tearing at his flesh,