Note 272 — THE SHIELD OF HERCULES.
George Chapman translation
As in the mountain thickets.] Homer, Iliad xiii.
As in the mountains, conscious of his force, The wild boar waits a coming multitude Of boisterous hunters to his lone retreat: Arching his bristly spine he stands: his eyes Beam fire: and whetting his bright tusks, he burns To drive not dogs alone, but men, to flight: So stood the royal Cretan. Cowper.