“Then the men heard the hissing of snakes and saw grape vines growing up from nowhere, twining around the masts, dyeing the sales wine purple with their juice, and they began to doubt their evil course, but it was already too late.
“I turned myself into a roaring lion, frightening the pirates so much that they dove overboard. Rather than letting them drown, I changed them into dolphins. To the helmsman I showed both mercy and favor, for he alone had acted righteously, and I forgave him his past piratical acts.”
“Even I would not say you acted too harshly in that case,” said Artemis, sounding humble for a moment. Then she added, her tone sounding progressively more and more confident, “Let us speak, though, of your treatment of Orpheus—for that, surely even you can find no excuse.
“Orphe
