“…it seemed to him to be much better .. to fight by stealth .. against the mighty man; .. (crouching) on one side he devised for him .. bitter destruction; and he [Geryon] kept his shield in front of (his chest, but the other struck his brow with a stone); and from his head (immediately with a great clatter) fell the helmet with its horse-hair plume; (and it remained there) on the ground ..
[Herakles arrow] (Bringing) the end that is hateful (death), having (doom) on its head, befouled with blood and with .. gall, the anguish of the dapple-necked Hydra, destroyer of men [Herakles used an arrow poisoned with the blood and gall of the Hydra]; and in silence he thrust it cunningly into his brow, and it cut through the flesh and bones by divine dispensation; and the arrow held straight on the crown of his head, and it stained with gushing blood his breastplate and gory limbs; and Geryon drooped his neck to one side, like a poppy which spoiling its tender beauty suddenly sheds its petals.” – Greek Lyric III Stesichorus Geryoneis Frag S15 (from Papyri)