The Gods at first defended themselves with great courage, but at the
appearance of the hundred-headed Typhon, all, save Bacchus, sought safety
in flight, and hid themselves in Egypt, where they obtained refuge under
various forms: from the different disguises they then assumed, may be
traced the worship rendered by the Egyptians to both animals and
vegetables. {17}
Typhon, who thus, by his mere appearance, seemed to turn the tide of war,
is thus described:
----------------"Typhon, whose hands
Of strength are fitted to tremendous deeds;
And indefatigable are the feet
Of the strong God: and from his shoulders rise
A hundred snaky heads of dragon growth."