The longest and most involved version of the battle appears in Nonnus's Dionysiaca (late 4th or early 5th century AD).Fontenrose, pp. 74–75; Lane Fox, pp. 286–288; Ogden 2013a, pp. 74– 75. Zeus hides his thunderbolts in a cave, so that he might seduce the maiden Pluto, and so produce Tantalus. But smoke rising from the thunderbolts, enables Typhon, under the guidance of Gaia, to locate Zeus's weapons, steal them, and hide them in another cave.Nonnus, Dionysiaca 1.145–164 (I pp. 12–15). Immediately Typhon extends "his clambering hands into the upper air" and begins a long and concerted attack upon the heavens.Nonnus, Dionysiaca 1.164–257 (I pp. 14–21). Then "leaving the air" he turns his attack upon the seas.Nonnus, Dionysiaca 1.258–293 (I pp. 20–25). Finally Typhon attempts to wield Zeus' thunderbolts, but they "felt the hands of a novice, and all their manly blaze was unmanned."Nonnus, Dionysiaca 1.294–320 (I pp. 24–27).
The longest and most involved version of the battle appears in Nonnus's Dionysiaca (late 4th or early 5th century .AD).Fontenrose, pp. 74–75; Lane Fox, pp. 286–288; Ogden, 2013a, pp. 74– 75. Zeus hides his thunderbolts in a cave, so that he might seduce the maiden Pluto, and so produce Tantalus. But smoke rising from the thunderbolts, enables Typhon, under the guidance of Gaia, to locate Zeus's weapons, steal them, and hide them in another cave.Nonnus, Dionysiaca 1.145–164 (I pp. 12–15). Immediately Typhon extends "his clambering hands into the upper air" and begins a long and concerted attack upon the ,heavens.Nonnus, Dionysiaca 1.164–257 (I pp. 14–21). Then "leaving th!e air" he turns his attack upon the seas.Nonnus, Dionysiaca 1.258–293 (I pp. 20–25). Finally Typhon attempts to wield Zeus' thunderbolts, but they "felt the hands of a novice, and all their manly blaze was unmanned."Nonnus, Dionysiaca 1.294–320 (I pp. 24–27).