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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,
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
Clytemnestra – Mythopedia Clytemnestra, daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, was the wife of Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae She and her lover Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon when he returned home from the Trojan War, but were later killed in turn by Orestes, Agamemnon and Clytemnestra’s son
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
Zethus – Mythopedia Zethus was a son of Zeus and Antiope He and his twin brother Amphion were Greek heroes and joint kings of Thebes, whose walls they built themselves Zethus died of grief after his wife Aedon killed their son by mistake
Triptolemus – Mythopedia Triptolemus was a hero and prince from Eleusis After the goddess Demeter taught him the art of agriculture, he traveled the world spreading this knowledge to others