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- Tantalus – Mythopedia
Tantalus’ punishment varied somewhat in the ancient sources, but it usually involved the sinner floating in a pool whose water he couldn’t drink and surrounded by trees whose fruit he couldn't eat Tantalus’ punishment was an occasional subject for painters, potters, and sculptors
- Tityus - Mythopedia
The slain Tityus was cast into Tartarus, where he joined other mythological sinners such as Sisyphus, Tantalus, and Ixion in eternal suffering He lay outstretched while either one or two vultures (or a serpent) pecked at his liver or heart, unable to fend off the terrible creatures that plagued him
- Tartarus – Mythopedia
Located far below even Hades, Tartarus was a dreaded place of darkness and punishment reserved for only the most nefarious sinners—sinners like Tantalus, Sisyphus, and Ixion Tartarus’ son with Gaia, Typhoeus , was a monster worthy of his dreaded father
- Odysseus – Mythopedia
He also saw many famous dead heroes (Theseus, Heracles) and villains suffering eternal punishment (Sisyphus, Tantalus) Sea Monsters and Sacred Cows Odysseus and his men then returned to Circe’s island, where they buried one of their companions, Elpenor, who had died while they were preparing to sail for the Underworld
- Odyssey: Book 11 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
“There Tantalus along the Stygian bounds Pours out deep groans (with groans all hell resounds); E’en in the circling floods refreshment craves, And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves; When to the water he his lip applies, Back from his lip the treacherous water flies
- Sisyphus – Mythopedia
Sisyphus was a Greek king famous for his cunning He was so clever, in fact, that he managed to cheat Death himself and live a longer life than the gods had intended But this later backfired: his actions angered the gods, and when he finally did die, he was forced to suffer eternal punishment in Tartarus
- Zethus - Mythopedia
Zethus was a son of Zeus and Antiope He and his twin brother Amphion were Greek heroes and joint kings of Thebes, whose walls they built themselves Zethus died of grief after his wife Aedon killed their son by mistake
- Demeter – Mythopedia
In another myth, Demeter unknowingly ate the shoulder of Pelops when the boy’s father, Tantalus, served him to the gods at a feast Some sources added that after Pelops was restored to life and Tantalus punished for his wickedness, Demeter fashioned a new shoulder for the boy out of ivory
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