Came to the gates of Hades, following Circe's advice
I dug a pit and said some prayers and made a sacrifice
The dead came out to drink the blood and then they spoke to me
Tiresias the prophet was the one I'd come to see
He warned me not to eat the sheep and cows of Helios
For if I did I'd be destroyed or suffer grievous loss
Next my mother came to me and brought news of my wife
and of my father, who endured a miserable life
I saw a host of princesses, and Agamemnon too -
I asked him what had happened: "Did Poseidon come for you?"
"No" he said "'twas treachery, I was slain at a feast
my wicked wife betrayed me, she is a vile beast!"
Then I saw Achilles and I told him of his son.
Ajax was still angry 'bout the armour that I won.
I saw thirsty Tantalus, who's in a lake all day
But every time he tries to drink the water drains away.
Sisyphus, who up a hill a stone is forced to heave
which always falls back down again. Then it was time to leave!
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