All the land
 seethed, and Ocean's streams and the unfruitful sea. The hot vapor
 lapped round the earthborn Titans: flame unspeakable rose to the
 bright upper air: the flashing glare of the thunderstone and lightning
 blinded their eyes for all that they were strong. Astounding heat seized Chaos: and to
 see with eyes and to hear the sound with ears it seemed even as if
 Earth and wide Heaven above came together; for such a mighty crash
 would have arisen if Earth were being hurled to ruin, and Heaven from
 on high were hurling her down; so great a crash was there while the gods were meeting together in
 strife. Also the winds brought rumbling earthquake and duststorm,
 thunder and lightning and the lurid thunderbolt, which are the shafts
 of great Zeus, and carried the clangor and the warcry into the midst
 of the two hosts. A horrible uproar of terrible strife arose: mighty deeds were shown and the
 battle inclined. But until then, they kept at one another and fought
 continually in cruel war. And amongst the foremost Cottus and Briareos
 and Gyes insatiate for war raised fierce fighting: three hundred rocks, one upon another, they
 launched from their strong hands and overshadowed the Titans with
 their missiles, and hurled them beneath the wide-pathed earth, and
 bound them in bitter chains when they had conquered them by their
 strength for all their great spirit,