Hung round him from the shoulders by a thong.
. . . . . . . . The visage grim
Of monstrous Gorgon all his back o’erspread;
. . . . . . . . the dreadful helm
Of Pluto clasp’d the temples of the prince.
I think that one may recognise a reference to the twins Castor and Pollux (the wrestler and boxer of mythology) in the words—
But in another part
Were men who wrestled, or in gymnic fight
Wielded the cestus.
Orion is not mentioned by name in the ‘Shield of Hercules,’ as in the other; but Orion, Lepus, and the two dogs seem referred to:—