"You two wrench Melanthius’ arms and legs behind him,
fling him down in the storeroom – lash his back to a plank
and strap a twisted cable fast to the scoundrel’s body,
hoist him up a column until he hits the rafters
let him dangle in agony, still alive,
for a good long time!"
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 22, lines 181-186. Some of the worst punishment is reserved for Odysseus’ disloyal goatherd Melanthius, when he returns to the storeroom for more weapons. Odysseus orders Philoetius and Eumaeus to string Melanthius up painfully by the rafters – the pair later take him outside and gruesomely torture and kill him.