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might weary the ear by its number, it considers the seventh hour the first and sounds one note, then two and so on, until indicating the others, the bronze instrument sounds as many notes as are needed for the second set of six. And it is heard from a greater distance than it can be seen. For those stationed far off, it is easy for everyone to know the measure of the time. Pan also listens; and he is shown to have a shaggy beard and a double horn on his forehead. He fell in love with Echo, who in her games made a mockery of Pan. Longing for Echo, he hears the bronze instrument and, startled, raises his right hand and turns his face about, to see if he might see the girl, making such turns as unrequited love produces. And you might say that he also marvels at Heracles, at how great and of what sort he is. With Pan present, it was necessary that the Satyrs not be absent. And they laugh mockingly and comically, having taken Pan in their midst, seeing a face both amorous and wild, and a character mixed, both gentle and harsh. But these are above the head of the temple, in which the naked son of Alcmene is seen. But the son of Tydeus, having taken his position on the right, was then and is now a friend to the trumpet; for he cheers on Heracles who is coming to his final labour, just as on Scyros he found the son of Peleus. For so much he sang even then, measuring an equal number of days. And a certain servant, having heard, brings the preparation for a bath to his master, as is likely, the meal already having been prepared. which indeed another, bringing from the market, hastens at the beginning of the day. and both seem to serve a difficult master; for otherwise their running would not be so great. And that shepherd, having taken the opposite position, having handed his crook, to speak poetically, over to his left hand, both rejoices and smiles and raises his right hand in wonder. But in this way, indeed, concerning the labours, there is sound and wonder and a trumpet. And taking up the twelfth of the contests from above, this wise man here gives this to a greater Heracles. This man is an archer, stationed under Diomedes, and the labour is again the golden apples. So this man has placed an arrow on the bowstring, which is drawn to his breast by his right hand, while his left hand pushes the bow at its middle, the arrow between them both protruding by so much of its length beyond the projecting tip. and for a precise view he focuses his gaze upon a slender target, intending to release the arrow ...

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πλήθει τὴν ἀκοὴν ἀποκναίοι, τὴν ἑβδόμην πρώτην ἡγεῖται καὶ μίαν ἠχεῖ, εἶτα καὶ δύο καὶ ἑξῆς, μέχρι τὰς ἄλλας ὑποσημαίνων τοσαῦτα φωνήσειεν ὁ χαλκὸς εἰς ἑξάδα δευτέραν ὅσα δεῖ. ἐπὶ μεῖζον δ' ἀκούεται ἢ καὶ πάρεστι θέα. πόρρω δὲ λαχοῦσι τὴν στάσιν εἰδέναι τοῦ χρόνου τὸ μέτρον. ἅπασι ῥάιδιον. Ἀκούει δὲ καὶ Πάν· δηλοῖ δὲ τοῦτον εἶναι δασύ τε γένειον καὶ κέρας ἐν μετώπωι διττόν. ἐς ἔρωτα δ' Ἠχοῦς ἔπεσεν, ἥπερ εἰς γέλωτα παιδιαῖς ἐδίδου τὸν Πᾶνα. ποθῶν δὲ τὴν Ἠχὼ αἰσθάνεται τοῦ χαλκοῦ καὶ ἐκπλαγεὶς ἀνατείνει τὴν δεξιὰν καὶ περιφέρει τὸ πρόσωπον, εἴ πως ἴδοι τὴν κόρην στροφὰς στρεφόμενος, ὁποίας ἔρως ἀτυχῶν ἐμποιεῖ. εἴποις δ' ἂν αὐτὸν καὶ τὸν Ἡρακλέα θαυμάζειν, ὁπόσος καὶ οἷος. Ἔδει δὲ Πανὸς παρόντος μηδὲ Σατύρους ἀπεῖναι. ἐπιγελῶσι δὲ καὶ κωμικῶς μέσον εἰληφότες τὸν Πᾶνα, πρόσωπον ὁρῶντες ἐρωτικόν τε καὶ ἄγριον καὶ ἦθος κεκραμένον, ἥμερόν τε καὶ ἀπηνές. ἀλλ' οὗτοι μὲν ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς τοῦ νεώ, καθ' ὃν ὁ τῆς Ἀλκμήνης ὁρᾶται γυμνός. Ὁ δὲ τοῦ Τυδέως στάσιν λαχὼν δεξιὰν ἦν ἄρα καὶ νῦν τῆι σάλπιγγι φίλος· ἐπιβοᾶι γὰρ Ἡρακλεῖ πρὸς ἆθλον ἔσχατον ἐλθόντι, καθάπερ ἐν Σκύρωι τὸν Πηλέως εὑρών. τοσοῦτον γὰρ ἦισε καὶ τότε μετρῶν ἴσας ἡμέραι. Οἰκέτης δέ τις ἀκούσας λουτροῦ φέρει παρασκευὴν τῶι δεσπότηι, ὡς εἰκός, ἤδη τῶν ὄψων ἡτοιμασμένων. ἃ δὴ φέρων ἄλλος ἐξ ἀγορᾶς ἀρχομένης ἡμέρας ἐπείγεται. ἐοίκατον δὲ ἄμφω δυσκόλωι δεσπότηι διακονεῖν· οὐ γὰρ ἂν τοσοῦτος ὑπῆρχεν ὁ δρόμος. Καὶ ποιμὴν δὲ ἐκεῖνος τὴν ἐναντίαν στάσιν λαχὼν παραδοὺς τῆι λαιᾶι ποιητικῶς εἰπεῖν τὴν καλαύροπα ἥδεταί τε καὶ μειδιᾶι καὶ ἀνυψοῖ πρὸς θαῦμα τὴν δεξιάν. Ἀλλὰ ταύτηι μὲν ἀμφὶ τοῖς ἄθλοις ἦχος καὶ θαῦμα καὶ σάλπιγξ. Ἀναλαβὼν δὲ τὸν δωδέκατον τῶν ἄνωθεν ἀγώνων ὁ σοφὸς οὑτοσὶ μείζονι τοῦτον δίδωσιν Ἡρακλεῖ. Τοξότης μὲν οὗτος ὑπὸ τῶι ∆ιομήδει σταθείς, ὁ δὲ ἆθλος μῆλα πάλιν χρυσᾶ. βέλος μὲν οὖν οὗτος ἐπέθηκε τῆι νευρᾶι ἑλκομένηι μὲν ἐπὶ μαστὸν χειρὶ δεξιᾶι, τῆς εὐωνύμου δὲ τὸ τόξον ὠθούσης τὸ μέσον ἀμφοῖν τῶι βέλει τόσον μῆκος προκυπτούσης ἔξω τῆς προβεβλημένης ἀκίδος. πρὸς ἀκριβῆ δὲ θέαν συνάγει τὸ βλέμμα ἐπὶ λεπτοῦ σκοποῦ μέλλων ἀφεῖναι τὸ βέλος ...