“Then saw I Leda, wife of Tyndarus, Who bore to Tyndarus two noble sons, Castor the horseman, Pollux skilled to wield The cestus. Both of them have still a place Upon the fruitful earth; for Jupiter Gave them such honor that they live by turns Each one a day, and then are with the dead Each one by turns; they rank among the gods.
“The wife of Aloëus next appeared, Iphidameia, who, as she declared, Had won the love of Neptune. She brought forth Two short-lived sons—one like a god in form, Named Otus; and the other, far renowned, Named Ephialtes. These the bounteous earth Nourished to be the tallest of mankind, And goodliest, save Orion. When the twain Had seen but nine years of their life, they stood In breadth of frame nine cubits, and in height Nine fathoms. They against the living gods Threatened to wage, upon the Olympian height, Fierce and tumultuous battle, and to fling Ossa upon Olympus, and to pile Pelion, with all its growth of leafy woods, On Ossa, that the heavens might thus be scaled. And they, if they had reached their prime of youth, Had