enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Tantalus (mythology) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus_(mythology)

    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.

  3. Tantalus - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus

    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 ...

  4. Family tree of the Greek gods - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_tree_of_the_Greek_gods

    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 ...

  5. Tartarus - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartarus

    While according to Greek mythology the realm of Hades is the place of the dead, Tartarus also has a number of inhabitants. When Cronus came to power as the King of the Titans , he imprisoned the three ancient one-eyed Cyclopes and only the hundred-armed Hecatonchires in Tartarus and set the monster Campe as its guard.

  6. Category:Atreidai - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Atreidai

    In Greek mythology, the Atreidai are the cursed House of Tantalus and his grandson Atreus. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.

  7. Category:Condemned souls in Tartarus - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Condemned_souls...

    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.

  8. List of Greek mythological creatures - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_mythological...

    A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...

  9. Tantalus (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus_(disambiguation)

    Tantalus is a Greek mythological figure who is bound in a pool of water in Tartarus, forever thirsty but never able to drink. Tantalus may also refer to: People and characters