He said: "I will reverse the word of death."

He said: "I will make the dead to live again."

Two days ago Asklepios lived ...

The King

Of the nether-world, that wears the face of night

And hates me, wearing day's face, called on Zeus:

"This mortal steals upon my sovereignty,

Stands brazen champion for the world of flesh,

Determines souls that waver towards the Styx—

Worse! hales the souls back from beyond the Styx,