As soon as Typhon climbed up Mount Olympus, the other Greek Gods began to tremble in fright.
Some Gods like Hera, Demter and Apollo turned themselves into animals and fled the place in terror.
Zeus being the king of the Gods had to defend his realm.
On seeing Zeus, Typhon hurled mountains at him.
There were roars and thunderbolts all across the skies and the very cosmos trembled.
It was such that for a brief period of time, Typhon even bested Zeus in the fight.
Typhon tore out Zeus’ sinews and rendered Zeus helpless. After that, Typhon hid Zeus in a cave.
Hermes is the Messenger God of the Greeks. Hermes and Aegiapan, another God, entered the cave where Zeus had been held captive.
The two Gods brought Zeus’ sinews and restored him to full strength.
After Zeus had become powerful, he angrily went out of the cave and attacked Typhon.
Zeus took out his most powerful weapon - the thunderbolt.
Zeus relentlessly fired thunderbolts at Typhon.
Typhon was unable to fight the continuous barrage and finally he was defeated.
Then Zeus trapped Typhon under Mount Etna.
The Ancient Greeks believed that the volcanic eruption of Mount Etna was because of Typhon’s breath who was trapped there.
Adapted from Greek Mythology
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