- 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
- 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,
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Amphion – Mythopedia
Amphion was a son of Zeus and Antiope He and his twin brother Zethus were Greek heroes and joint kings of Thebes, whose walls they built themselves But Amphion and his wife Niobe met a sad end when Apollo and Artemis massacred their children to punish Niobe for her arrogance
- Metamorphoses: Book 4 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Poor Tantalus to taste the water tries, But from his lips the faithless water flies: Then thinks the bending tree he can command, The tree starts backwards, and eludes his hand The labour too of Sisyphus is vain, Up the steep mount he heaves the stone with pain, Down from the summet rouls the stone again The Belides their leaky vessels still
- Dardanus – Mythopedia
Dardanus was the son of Zeus and the Atlantid Electra After meeting with misfortune in his homeland, he traveled to the Troad (the future location of Troy) and became ruler of the region, giving his name to the Dardanians His descendants went on to found the city of Troy, thus making Dardanus the ancestor of the Trojan kings
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