With chains, that held him so begirt about From the neck down, that on the part uncovered It wound itself as far as the fifth gyre. “This proud one wished to make experiment Of his own power against the Supreme Jove,” My Leader said, “whence he has such a guerdon. Ephialtes is his name; he showed great prowess, 471 What time the giants terrified the Gods; The arms he wielded never more he moves.” And I to him: “If possible, I should wish That of the measureless Briareus 472 These eyes of mine might have experience.” Whence he replied: “Thou shalt behold Antaeus 473 Close by here, who can speak and is unbound, Who at the bottom of all crime shall place us. Much farther yon is he whom thou wouldst see, And he is bound, and fashioned like to this one, Save that he seems in aspect more ferocious.” There never was an earthquake of such might That it could shake a tower so violently, As Ephialtes suddenly shook himself.
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