Fools , they devoured the cattle of Hyperion , and he , the sun - god , cut off from them the day of their homecoming .
But his comrades he could not keep from ruin , strive as he might ; they perished instead by their own presumptuousness .
Fools , comrades devoured the cattle of Hyperion , and he , the sun - god , cut off from them the day of their homecoming .
But his comrades he could not keep from ruin , strive as he might ; they perished instead by their own presumptuousness .