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  2. Tantalus - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Tantalus (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Tartarus - Wikipedia

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    Zeus's cunning punishment demonstrated quite the opposite to be the case, condemning Sisyphus to a humiliating eternity of futility and frustration. 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]

  5. ‘Percy Jackson’ Casts Courtney B. Vance as Zeus Following ...

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    Zeus is the Greek god of the sky and the father of demigod Thalia Grace (recently announced cast member Tamara Smart). In Season 1, Reddick’s Zeus accused Percy (Walker Scobell) of stealing his ...

  6. Pelops - Wikipedia

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    Pelops was a son of Tantalus [1] and either Dione, [2] Euryanassa, [3] Eurythemista, [4] or Clytia. [5] In some accounts, he was called a bastard son of Tantalus while others named his parents as Atlas and the nymph Linos. Others would make Pelops the son of Hermes and Calyce [6] while another says that he was an Achaean from Olenus. [7] [8]

  7. Atreus - Wikipedia

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    The House of Atreus begins with Tantalus. Tantalus, the son of Zeus and the maiden Pluto, enjoyed cordial relations with the gods until he decided to slay his son Pelops and feed him to the gods as a test of their omniscience. Most of the gods, as they sat down to dinner with Tantalus, immediately understood what had happened, and, because they ...

  8. Pandareus - Wikipedia

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    Pandareus was said to have been favored by Demeter, who conferred upon him the benefit of never suffering from indigestion, however much food he should eat. [1] At the request of his impious friend, Tantalus, Pandareus stole a golden dog from a temple to Zeus on Crete (the dog had guarded Zeus during his infancy by the will of Rhea).

  9. Broteas - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Broteas (Ancient Greek: Βροτέας), a hunter, was the son of Tantalus (by Dione, Euryanassa or Eurythemista), whose other offspring were Niobe and Pelops. Broteas was also one of the Lapiths, killed at the battle of the Lapiths and the centaurs. [1]