The Temple of the Sun. Hidden site of the mysteries of the Hierophants.
Capesius and Strader appear as in Scene 4.
Retardus (to Capesius and Strader before him):
Ye have brought bitter grief to me, my friends.
The office which I did entrust to you
Ye have administered with ill success.
I call you now before my judgment seat.
To thee, Capesius, I did entrust
Full measure of the spirit, that ideas
Of mankind’s upward striving might compose,