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- To punish Tantalus, the gods placed him in a pool of water in the underworld that was surrounded by fruit trees. When he went to drink, the water would recede. When he tried to eat the fruit, it moved out of reach.
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Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος Tántalos), also called Atys, was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his punishment in Tartarus: for revealing many secrets of the gods and for trying to trick them into eating his son, he was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding ...
Oct 1, 2024 · As punishment for his heinous crimes, Tantalus was condemned to the Underworld, where he was eternally tormented. He stood in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree, but whenever he reached for the fruit, it would recede beyond his grasp, and when he bent down to drink, the water would vanish.
But the most famous version is surely the one in which Tantalus was condemned to live in a state of perpetual hunger and thirst, plunged into water which, when he went to take a sip, moved away from him, and taunted with a branch full of fruit just above his head, which disappeared out of his reach whenever he went to pluck a fruit from it.
Dec 8, 2022 · Tantalus’ punishment varied somewhat in the ancient sources, but it usually involved the sinner floating in a pool whose water he couldn’t drink and surrounded by trees whose fruit he couldn't eat. Tantalus’ punishment was an occasional subject for painters, potters, and sculptors.
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Tantalus was the son of Zeus and the nymph Plouto in Greek mythology, who was punished after death in Tartarus. With his wife, who may have been Dione, Taygete, Eurythemista, or Euryanassa, he fathered Pelops, Niobe and Broteas. Thus, through Pelops, he was the predecessor of the House of Atreides, as his grandson was Atreus, and his great-grandson...
According to the myth, Tantalus was welcomed in the table of the deities in Olympus; however, he stole ambrosia and nectar, thinking he could take it back to his people, in order to make them immortal and reveal the divine secrets. He later decided to sacrifice his son to his gods; so, he cut Pelops in pieces, and served him to the gods. The gods r...
Tantalus was thrown out of Olympus and after he died he was punished for eternity; he was made to stand in a pool of water, right under the branches of a fruit tree. However, when he tried to reach for a fruit, the branches would go higher and out of reach, while when he tried to drink a sip of water, the waters of the pool would recede.
The punishment of Tantalus was witnessed by Odysseus when the Greek hero descended into the realm of Hades. For all eternity, Tantalus would be made to stand chin deep in a lake of water, whilst above him was an orchard of trees bearing every conceivable type of fruit. Also above Tantalus was a perilously balanced stone.
Oct 4, 2024 · Tantalus, in Greek legend, son of Zeus or Tmolus (a ruler of Lydia) and the nymph or Titaness Pluto (Plouto) and the father of Niobe and Pelops. He was the king of Sipylus in Lydia (or of Phrygia ) and was the intimate friend of the gods, to whose table he was admitted.
