- Tantalus – Mythopedia
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
- Tityus – Mythopedia
Tityus was an extraordinarily large and strong mortal who was killed when he attacked the goddess Leto He was sent to Tartarus for his crimes, where he lay outstretched for all eternity as vultures or snakes devoured his innards
- Tartarus – Mythopedia
Tartarus was a primordial deity and the embodiment of the deepest, darkest part of the Underworld With Gaia, the personification of the earth, he fathered the terrible monster Typhoeus
- Odysseus – Mythopedia
Odysseus was a Greek hero from Ithaca known for his cunning After helping to win the Trojan War, he was forced to wander the world for ten years before returning home
- Odyssey: Book 11 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
“There Tantalus along the Stygian bounds Pours out deep groans (with groans all hell resounds); E’en in the circling floods refreshment craves, And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves; When to the water he his lip applies, Back from his lip the treacherous water flies Above, beneath, around his hapless head,
- Atreus – Mythopedia
Atreus was a bloodthirsty Greek king, a son of Pelops who migrated to the Peloponnese He and his brother Thyestes destroyed one another in their long and violent feud for the throne of Mycenae
- Sisyphus – Mythopedia
Sisyphus was a Greek king famous for his cunning He was so clever, in fact, that he managed to cheat Death himself and live a longer life than the gods had intended But this later backfired: his actions angered the gods, and when he finally did die, he was forced to suffer eternal punishment in Tartarus
- Agamemnon – Mythopedia
Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, was a general and hero who led the Greek army to victory in the Trojan War He was later murdered by his wife Clytemnestra
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