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Definitions of tantalus in various dictionaries:
noun - (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus
A king who for his crimes was condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink, and with fruit hanging above him that receded when he reached for it.
noun - a case for wine bottles
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| This Lydian king was tortured in Hades with food & water kept out of his reach |
| Seen here with 2 other troubled mythic figures, he's the man on the left who can never quite reach the fruit |
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Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Tántalos) was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his eternal punishment in Tartarus. He was also called Atys. * He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink. * He was the father of Pelops, Niobe and Broteas, and was a son of Zeus and the nymph Plouto. Thus, like other heroes in Greek mythology such as Theseus and the Dioskouroi, Tantalus had both a hidden, divine parent and a mortal one. * According to other sources, his father was Tmolus or Manes, the first king of Lydia. |