Now down in the Ocean sank the fiery light of day,
drawing the dark night across the grain-giving earth.

Ἐν δ' ἔπεσ' Ὠκεανῷ λαμπρὸν φάος ἠελίοιο
ἕλκον νύκτα μέλαιναν ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄρουραν.

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