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Tartarus is the place where, according to Plato's Gorgias (c. 400 BC), souls are judged after death and where the wicked received divine punishment. Tartarus appears in early Greek cosmology, such as in Hesiod's Theogony, where the personified Tartarus is described as one of the earliest beings to exist, alongside Chaos and Gaia (Earth).
Apollo's sister Artemis, who was the Greek goddess of hunting, ... According to Pindar, she sought to banish Apollo to Tartarus as a punishment. [192] [193] ...
Later, Apollo entrusted his son to Chiron, the wise centaur, who trained him more in medicine and hunting. [16] [10] Apollo kills Coronis, 1590 engraving by Hendrick Goltzius. According to a different version, Coronis gave birth to her son in Apollo's temple in the presence of the Moirai. Lachesis acted as the midwife. Apollo named their son ...
Homer wrote that Cronus then became the king of Tartarus. [48] According to Plato's Gorgias (c. 400 BC), souls are judged after death and Tartarus is where the wicked received divine punishment. Tartarus is also considered to be a primordial force or deity alongside entities such as the Earth, Night, and Time.
Anius, son of Apollo who prophesied that the Trojan War would be won in its tenth year; Asbolus, a seer Centaur; Bakis; Branchus, a seer and son of Apollo; Calchas, an Argive seer who aided the Greeks during the Trojan War; Carnus, an Acarnanian seer and lover of Apollo; Carya, a seer and lover of Dionysus
This angered Asclepius's father, Apollo, who in turn killed the Cyclopes who had fashioned the thunderbolts of Zeus. Angered at this, Zeus would have imprisoned Apollo in Tartarus. However, at the request of Apollo's mother, Leto, Zeus instead ordered Apollo to serve as a slave to King Admetus of Pherae for a year. [267]
Tartarus The Abyss: Gaia The Earth: Eros Desire [a] Erebus Darkness: Nyx The Night: Moros Doom: the Oneiroi Dreams: Nemesis Retribution: Momus Blame: Philotes Affection: Geras Aging: Typhon: Uranus The Sky: the Ourea Mountains: Pontus The Sea: Aether Heaven: Hemera The Day: Thanatos Death: Hypnos Sleep: Eris Strife: Apate Deceit: Oizys Distress ...
He was slain by Leto's protective children Artemis and Apollo. [3] In some accounts, Tityus was instead slain by the thunderbolt of his father Zeus. [ 4 ] As punishment, he was stretched out in Tartarus and tortured by two vultures who fed on his liver, which grew back every night. [ 4 ]