ὡς τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους μάκαρες θεοὶ ὀτρύναντεςὀτρύνοντεσ
σύμβαλον. ἐν δ' αὐτοῖς ἔριδα ῥήγνυντο βαρεῖαν:
δεινὸν δὲ βρόντησε πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε
ὑψόθεν: αὐτὰρ ἔνέρθε Ποσιδάων ἐτίναξε
γαῖαν ἀπειρεσίην. ὀρέων τ' αἰπεινὰ κάρηνα:
πάντες δ' ἐσσείοντο πόδες πολυπίδακος Ἴ+δης .
καὶ κορυφαὶ, Τρώων τε πόλεισπόλισ καὶ νῆες Ἀχαιῶν.
ἔδδεισεν δ' ὑπένερθεν ἄναξ ἐνέρων Ἀϊδωνεύς:
δείσας δ' ἐκ θρόνου ἆλτο καὶ ἴ+αχε. μή οἱ ὕπερθε
γαῖαν ἀναρρήξειε Ποσιδάων ἐνοσίχθων.
οἰκία δὲ θνητοῖσι καὶ ἀθανάτοισι φανηίῃ
σμερδαλέ, εὐρώεντα. τά τε στυγέουσι θεοί περ:
τόσσος ἄρα κτύπος ῶρτο θεῶν ἔριδι ξυνιόντων:
ἤτοι μὲν γὰρ ἔναντα Ποσιδάωνος ἄνακτος
ἵ+στατ' Ἀπόλλων Φοῖβος. ἔχων ἰ+ὰ πτερόεντα:
ἄντα δ' Ἐνυαλίοιο θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη.
Ἥρῃ δ' ἀντέστη χρυσηλάκατος κελαδεινὴ
Ἄρτεμις ἰ+οχέαιρα. κασιγνήτη ἑκάτοιο:
Λητοῖ δ' ἀντέστη. σῶκος ἐριούνιος Ἑρμῆς:
ἄντα δ' ἄρ' Ἡφαίστοιο. μέγας ποταμὸς βαθυδίνης.
ὃν Ξάνθον καλέουσι θεοί. ἄνδρες δὲ Σκάμανδρον :
Thus did the blessed gods urge on the two hosts to clash in battle, and amid them made grievous strife to burst forth. Then terribly thundered the father of gods and men from on high; and from beneath did Poseidon cause the vast earth to quake, and the steep crests of the mountains. All the roots of many-fountained Ida were shaken, and all her peaks, and the city of the Trojans, and the ships of the Achaeans. And seized with fear in the world below was Aidoneus, lord of the shades, and in fear leapt he from his throne and cried aloud, lest above him the earth be cloven by Poseidon, the Shaker of Earth, and his abode be made plain to view for mortals and immortals -- the dread and dank abode, wherefor the very gods have loathing: so great was the din that arose when the gods clashed in strife. For against king Poseidon stood Phoebus Apollo with his winged arrows, and against Enyalius the goddess, flashing-eyed Athene; against Hera stood forth the huntress of the golden arrows, and the echoing chase, even the archer Artemis, sister of the god that smiteth afar; against Leto stood forth the strong helper, Hermes, and against Hephaestus the great, deep-eddying river, that god called Xanthus, and men Scamander.
