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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
Tartarus – Mythopedia Located far below even Hades, Tartarus was a dreaded place of darkness and punishment reserved for only the most nefarious sinners—sinners like Tantalus, Sisyphus, and Ixion Tartarus’ son with Gaia, Typhoeus , was a monster worthy of his dreaded father
Odysseus – Mythopedia He also saw many famous dead heroes (Theseus, Heracles) and villains suffering eternal punishment (Sisyphus, Tantalus) Sea Monsters and Sacred Cows Odysseus and his men then returned to Circe’s island, where they buried one of their companions, Elpenor, who had died while they were preparing to sail for the Underworld
Tityus – Mythopedia The slain Tityus was cast into Tartarus, where he joined other mythological sinners such as Sisyphus, Tantalus, and Ixion in eternal suffering He lay outstretched while either one or two vultures (or a serpent) pecked at his liver or heart, unable to fend off the terrible creatures that plagued him
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
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
Demeter - Mythopedia In another myth, Demeter unknowingly ate the shoulder of Pelops when the boy’s father, Tantalus, served him to the gods at a feast Some sources added that after Pelops was restored to life and Tantalus punished for his wickedness, Demeter fashioned a new shoulder for the boy out of ivory
Agamemnon – Mythopedia Agamemnon and Menelaus both became very powerful kings But the horrific actions of their ancestors—from the villainous Tantalus to their own father Atreus—had brought a curse on them and their family, a curse that would haunt Agamemnon and Menelaus for the rest of their lives The Trojan War The Abduction of Helen and the Oath of Tyndareus
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
Dione - Mythopedia Dione was an early goddess who was either a Titan or an Oceanid She was a lover of Zeus and, according to some traditions, gave birth to the love goddess Aphrodite