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Rhadamanthos
Enough already of witnesses! But strip him of his purple, too, so that we may know how many brand-marks he has. Dear me, he is perfectly livid and covered with marks, or, rather, he is black and blue with them. Now, how should he be punished? Shall we cast him into the fiery stream or hand him over to Kerberos?
Kyniskos
Not at all, but, with your permission, I will suggest a new and fitting punishment for him.
Rhadamanthos
Speak; I shall be deeply grateful to you.
Kyniskos
It is the custom, I believe, for all, when they die, to drink of the water of Lethe.
Rhadamanthos
Certainly.
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Kyniskos
Then let him alone of all men have no taste of it?
Kyniskos
In this way he will undergo the worst punishment, remembering what he was and what power he had on earth, and pondering on his lost splendors.
Rhadamanthos
You are right. Let him be sentenced and carried off and bound along with Tantalos, remembering the deeds he did while he was alive.
