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Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος Tántalos), also called Atys, was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his punishment in Tartarus: for revealing many secrets of the gods and for trying to trick them into eating his son, he was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he ...
Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος Tántalos) is the name of several figures in Greek mythology, including: . Tantalus, king of Lydia, a son of Zeus, was favored by the gods but made the fatal mistake of sacrificing his son Pelops to the Olympians, who hated human sacrifice and cannibalism.
King Tantalus also ended up in Tartarus after he cut up his son Pelops, boiled him, and served him as food when he was invited to dine with the gods. [12] He also stole the ambrosia from the Gods and told his people its secrets. [13] Another story mentioned that he held onto a golden dog forged by Hephaestus and stolen by Tantalus' friend ...
In Greek mythology, Pluto or Plouto (Ancient Greek: Πλουτώ) was the mother of Tantalus, usually by Zeus, though the scholion to line 5 of Euripides' play Orestes, names Tmolos as the father. [1] According to Hyginus, Pluto's father was Himas, [2] while other sources give her father as Cronus. [3]
Tantalus, Niobe, Pelops, Atreus (the dynasty is named after him), Aegisthus, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Aletes, Iphigenia, Electra, Orestes, Tisamenus In Greek mythology , Atreus ( / ˈ eɪ t r i ə s / AY -tri-əs , / ˈ eɪ t r uː s / AY -trooss ; [ 1 ] Ἀτρεύς Ancient Greek pronunciation: [A.tréu̯s] ) [ a ] was a king of Mycenae in the ...
(according to classic Greek mythology) Tantalus the Elder, son of Zeus. Pelops, son of Tantalus. Broteas, son of Tantalus. Tantalus the Younger, son of Broteas. (according to Homer's Iliad) Pylaemenes, son of Bilsates or Melius (king of the Eneti tribe of Paphlagonia).
Courtney B. Vance has joined the cast of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” as Zeus. The role was originally played by Lance Reddick, who died at age 60 shortly after production wrapped on ...
Tmolus, the father of Tantalus by Pluto. [3] However the father of Tantalus (by Pluto) was usually said to be Zeus. [4] Tmolus, a son of Proteus, who along with his brother Telegonus was killed by Heracles. [5] However according to the mythographer Apollodorus, the two sons of Proteus killed by Heracles were named Telegonus and Polygonus. [6]