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1126 Euripides [188-214]
Son of Latona, beauteous to behold,
Beams the resplendent light of both her children.
ION
Turn thine eyes this way; look, the son of Jove
Lops with his golden scimitar the heads
Of the Lernean Hydra: view it well.
I see him.
CHORUS
ION
And this other standing nigh,
Who snatches from the fire the blazing brand.
CHORUS
What is his name? the subject, on the web
Design'd, these hands have wrought in ductile gold.
ION
The shield-supporting Iolaus, who bears
The toils in common with the son of Jove.
View now this hero; on his winged steed
The triple-bodied monster's dreadful force
He conquers through the flames his jaws emit.
I view it all attentively.
CHORUS
ION
Observe
The battle of the giants, on the walls
Sculptured in stone.
CHORUS
Let us note this, my friends.
ION
See where against Enceladus she shakes
Her gorgon shield.
CHORUS
I see my goddess, Pallas.
ION
Mark the tempestuous thunder's flaming bolt
Launch'd by the hand of Jove.