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Other gods could be sentenced to Tartarus as well. In the Homeric hymn to Hermes, Apollo threatens to throw Hermes into Tartarus. Apollo himself was almost condemned to Tartarus by Zeus for the act of killing the Cyclops. The Hecatonchires became guards of Tartarus's prisoners.
The following were spirits of people in Greek mythology who were condemned to Tartarus for their evil or blasphemous behaviour in life. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
He was condemned to spend eternity in Tartarus, weaving a rope of straw. As depicted in the picture by Polygnotos, standing behind him is his donkey which eats the rope as fast as it is made. [4] Unlike as it is the case with other inmates of Tartarus, there is no crime mentioned which would explain Ocnus's condition. [5]
Tartarus - The deepest area of the Greek underworld, which is guarded by Campe. Cronus was imprisoned in Tartarus after Zeus defeated him and it is where wicked souls are condemned. Elysium - A paradise for heroes and souls who did good. It is the one place in the underworld that is not dark and gloomy, but idyllic and peaceful instead.
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 ]
Menoetius was killed by Zeus with a flash of lightning in the Titanomachy, and banished to Tartarus. [1] His name means "doomed might", deriving from the Ancient Greek words menos ("might, power") and oitos ("doom, pain"). Hesiod described Menoetius as hubristic, meaning exceedingly prideful and impetuous to the very end. From what his name ...
In book I poem 3 of Tibullus's elegies, Tisiphone, unkempt with fierce snakes instead of hair, chases impious souls here and there in Tartarus. [2] In Book VI of Virgil's Aeneid, she is described as the guardian of the gates of Tartarus, "clothed in a blood-wet dress". [3]
The winged goddess Arke was born to Thaumas, a minor god; no mother of hers is mentioned anywhere. [a] She and Iris were both messenger deities.[b] During the Titanomachy, she and Iris originally sided with the Olympian gods, but then Arke betrayed them for the Titans and became their own messenger, while Iris remained the Olympian gods' messenger.