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Tantalus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tantalus (Oahu) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tantalus is an extinct cinder cone in the southern Ko ʻ olau Range on the Hawaiian Island of O ʻ ahu. It also has a summit crater, Tantalus Crater . The cinder cone formed after the demise of K...
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The word "tantalize" comes from the plight of the mythological Tantalus, who so offended the gods that he was condemned in the afterlife to an eternity of hunger and thirst. He was made to stand in a pool in Tartarus, the Underworld zone of punishment.
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Zeus's son and king of Lydia, who was honoured by the gods by being allowed to sit at their table on the Olympus. Tantalas killed his son, boiled him and served him to the gods to test them, and as a punishment he was sent to ... His destiny there was to stand in a pool be thirsty and hungry forever, ... Webmistress V.E.K. Sandels...
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Another such criminal was Tantalus. His name means "lurching" or "most wretched", and his torment was unique indeed - He was made to stand chin-deep in ...
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Shamanic coming of age rite; the mystic death and transfiguration of Pelops; PoseidonÕs love for the youth; their ascent to Olympus; PelopsÕ expulsion due to ZeusÕ anger at TantalusÕ thefts and revelations. Illustrated with Greek art. ... Nor did Tantalus hold back: he filled his belly with nectar and ambrosia and...
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