Enceladus : hundred-armed son of Uranus & Ge, hurled down by Athene & held under Mount Aetna which quakes when he stirs & erupts when he breathes.
... time of its fall and his journey to Italy where he founded what came to be known as Rome. Page 109 Aetna: Mount Etna, an active volcano in northeast Sicily, beneath which the giant Enceladus was said to be buried. Agamemnon: eldest son of Atreus and brother of Menelas King of Mycenae and Argos. Agamemnon was the commander in chief of the Greek forces against Troy. On... according to Orphic conceptions, as supreme god. Dis: The Roman name for the Greek Pluto or Hades, the god of the nether realm. Dryads: Nymphs of the woods and trees. Enceladus: One of the giants who waged war against the gods. He was hurled down by Athene and imprisoned beneath Mount Etna in Sicily. When he stirs, the mountain shakes, and when he breathes, there is ...
... us arrived, our vital dominions Whence we draw breath; for there all things have life, the stone like the ilex, Clay of those realms like the children of men and the brood of the giants. There Enceladus groans oppressed and draws strength from his anguish Under a living Aetna and flames that have joy of his entrails. Fiercely he groans and rejoices expecting the end of his foemen Hastened by every ...
... our vital dominions Whence we draw breath; for there all things have life, the stone like the ilex, Clay of those realms like the children of men and the brood of the giants. There Enceladus groans oppressed and draws strength from his anguish Page 74 Under a living Aetna and flames that have joy of his entrails. Fiercely he groans and rejoices expecting the end of his ...
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