and bridling them with bond[28] and prison. They,

in their passion, are raving at the closed doors, while the

huge rock roars responsive: Æolus is sitting aloft in his

fortress, his sceptre in his hand, soothing their moods 5

and allaying their rage; were he to fail in this, why sea

and land, and the deep of heaven, would all be forced

along by their blast, and swept through the air. But

the almighty sire has buried them in caverns dark and

deep, with this fear before his eyes, and placed over them 10

giant bulk and tall mountains, and given them a king