dungeon. Suddenly, Pentheus appears and it becomes painfully clear to Nestor that his own brother is behind the sabotage.
Bored by years of peace in the land, Pentheus reveals that he has induced Ares to possess the wine and cause the virgins to slay the King. As the trap door slams shut, a hungry ten-foot eel-like creature slithers towards Hercules and Nestor. As the eel bursts from the water, Hercules strangles it in a deadly grip and uses it as a rope, lassoing a rock outcropping above. Hercules and Nestor climb to freedom just as the trumpets sound the beginning of the ceremony of the virgins.
