The one-eyed giants bestowed a present on each of my brothers. Hades, the eldest, received a helmet of darkness that, when placed over his head, made his image slip from sight, rendering him as invisible as a shadow on the blackest of nights. To Poseidon they gifted a trident, with which he could wield all the power of the sea, causing the water to swell and rise at his command. And finally to Zeus, my youngest brother, they gave a thunderbolt, with which he struck down our father and brought about the reign of the Olympians.
