His mouth raised up above his savage meal,That sinner wiped his lips upon the hair Of the head that he had chewed on from behind
. Then he began, "You want me to make new A desperate grief which even to call back Crushes my heart before I start to speak.
"But should my words become a fruitful seed Of infamy for this traitor whom I gnaw,You'll see me speak and weep at the same time.
What is Dante describing here?
A.Count Ugolino's punishment and grief
B.Lucifer's punishment and turn from God
C.Pope Boniface's punishment and crime
D.Caiaphas's punishment and story
The correct answer is the last one, the cyclops is compared to a mast because of his size. The comparison means that even laid down the cyclops standed out among his sheep, like a mast does at sea. As for the first two options, the cyclops is not compared to Zeus in any moment.