Made his whole face one mass of hideous wounds.

While the one sweated all his bulk away,

And, late a giant, seemed a pigmy now,

The other's limbs waxed ever as he fought

In semblance and in size. But in what wise

The child of Zeus brought low that man of greed,

Tell, Muse, for thine is knowledge: I unfold

A secret not mine own; at thy behest

Speak or am dumb, nor speak but as thou wilt.

Amycus, athirst to do some doughty deed,