Else singed with lightning, hadst thou hence been thrown,
Where, chained on burning rocks, the Titans groan.'"
Homer.
Under the direction of Jupiter, the God of War soon recovered.
"Thus he, who shakes Olympus with his nod,
Then gave to Pœon's care the bleeding god.
With gentle hand, the balm he poured around,
And healed th' immortal flesh, and closed the wound.
Cleansed from the dust and gore, fair Hebe dressed
His mighty limbs in an immortal vest,