Of Pluto and the dreaded Proserpine.”
she directed him, in preparation, to
“Pour to all the dead
Libations,—milk and honey first, and next
Rich wine, and lastly water;”
and after that to slay the sacrificial sheep. But Circé’s caution was:
“Draw then the sword upon thy thigh, and sit,
And suffer none of all those airy forms
To touch the blood, until thou first bespeak
Tiresias. He will come, and speedily,—