But Zeus was not to be deceived, and the impious monarch received the punishment which his crime merited. […] This crime he was condemned to expiate by the torments of continual hunger and thirst. […] Their office was to observe and punish crimes of the wicked, and to torment the consciences of those whose crimes had not been made public. […] As the avenger of crimes, she appears with wings, bearing in her hand a scourge, or a sword, and seated in a chariot drawn by griffins. […] The king sent for the blind prophet Tiresias*, and implored him to reveal the author of the crime.