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57 fighting between the gods and the Titans, for the Snake-God Ty- phon was equipped with wings and could fly about just as Zeus (Fig. 14). "Zeus thundered hard and mightily, and the earth around resounded terribly, as did the wide heaven above and the rs a na a ae: ee Se Ot sea and the watery streams, even the nether parts of the Earth." Di- vine Weapons were again employed—by both combatants: Fig, 14 Through the two of them, through the thunder and lightning. heat engulfed the dark-blue seas; And through the fire from the Monster, and the scorching winds and blazing Thunderbolt, the whole Earth seethed, and sky and sea. Great waves raged along the beaches . . . And there arose an endless shaking. In In the Lower World, "Hades trembled where he ruled": tremble did the Titans imprisoned at the ends of earth. Chasing each other in the skies and over land, Zeus managed to be the first to achieve a direct hit with his "lurid Thunderbolt." The bolt "burned all the marvelous heads of the monster, all that were around him"; and Typhoeus crashed down to earth in his marvelous contraption: The Missiles of Zeus and India The series of battles that ensued were no less awesome than the