text_original: These were destroyed by their own hands and passed to the dank house of chill Hades, and left no name: terrible though they were, black Death seized them, and they left the bright light of the sun. (ll. 156 169b) But when earth had covered this generation also, Zeus the son of Cronos made yet another, the fourth, upon the fruitful earth, which was nobler and more righteous, a god like race of hero men who are called demi gods, the race before our own, throughout the boundless earth.
text_transcription: THESE WERE DESTROYED BY THEIR OWN HANDS AND PASSED TO THE DANK HOUSE OF CHILL HADES AND LEFT NO NAME TERRIBLE THOUGH THEY WERE BLACK DEATH SEIZED THEM AND THEY LEFT THE BRIGHT LIGHT OF THE SUN BUT WHEN EARTH HAD COVERED THIS GENERATION ALSO ZEUS THE SON OF CRONUS MADE YET ANOTHER THE FOURTH UPON THE FRUITFUL EARTH WHICH WAS NOBLER AND MORE RIGHTEOUS A GODLIKE RACE OF HERO MEN WHO ARE CALLED DEMI GODS THE RACE BEFORE OUR OWN THROUGHOUT THE BOUNDLESS EARTH
phonemes: ðiːz wɜː dᵻstɹˈɔɪd baɪ ðɛɹ ˈoʊn hˈændz ænd pˈæst tə ðə dˈæŋk hˈaʊs ʌv tʃˈɪl hˈeɪdiːz, ænd lˈɛft nˈoʊ nˈeɪm: tˈɛɹᵻbəl ðˌoʊ ðeɪ wɜː, blˈæk dˈɛθ sˈiːzd ðˌɛm, ænd ðeɪ lˈɛft ðə bɹˈaɪt lˈaɪt ʌvðə sˈʌn. (ˌɛlˈɛl. wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɪks wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti nˈaɪn bˈiː) bˌʌt wɛn ˈɜːθ hæd kˈʌvɚd ðɪs dʒˌɛnɚɹˈeɪʃən ˈɔːlsoʊ, zˈuːs ðə sˈʌn ʌv kɹˈoʊnoʊz mˌeɪd jˈɛt ɐnˈʌðɚ, ðə fˈɔːɹθ, əpˌɑːn ðə fɹˈuːtfəl ˈɜːθ, wˌɪtʃ wʌz nˈoʊblɚ ænd mˈɔːɹ ɹˈaɪtʃəs, ɐ ɡˈɑːd lˈaɪk ɹˈeɪs ʌv hˈiəɹoʊ mˈɛn hˌuː ɑːɹ kˈɔːld dˈɛmi ɡˈɑːdz, ðə ɹˈeɪs bᵻfˌɔːɹ ˌaʊɚɹ ˈoʊn, θɹuːˈaʊt ðə bˈaʊndləs ˈɜːθ.