“I spake; he answered not, but moved away To Erebus, among the other souls Of the departed. Yet would I have had Speech of him, angry as he was, or else Have spoken to him further, but my wish Was strong to see yet others of the dead.
“Then I beheld the illustrious son of Jove, Minos, a golden sceptre in his hand, Sitting to judge the dead, who round the king Pleaded their causes. There they stood or sat In Pluto’s halls—a pile with ample gates.
“And next I saw the huge Orion drive, Across the meadows green with asphodel, The savage beast whom he had slain; he bore The brazen mace, which no man’s power could break.
“And Tityus there I saw—the mighty earth His mother—overspreading, as he lay, Nine acres, with two vultures at his side, That, plucking at his liver, plunged their beaks Into the flesh; nor did his hands avail To drive them off, for he had offered force To Jove’s proud wife Latona, as she went To Pytho, through the pleasant Panopeus.
“And next I looked on Tantalus, a prey To grievous