baby life had been suffered to scape the peril of the steel.
Hard by, as iron Cisseus and gigantic Gyas were laying
low his host with their clubs, he casts them down in 30
death: nought availed them; the weapons of Hercules or
strong hands to wield them, or Melampus their sire,
Alicides’ constant follower, long as earth found for him
those grievous tasks. See there, as Pharus is hurling
forth words without deeds, he flings at him his javelin 35
and plants it in the bawler’s mouth. Thou, too, Cydon,
while following with ill-starred quest the blooming Clytius,