Tantalus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος Tántalos) may refer to the following related personages:

  • Tantalus, king of Lydia. This first Tantalus, a son of Zeus, is the most famous. He was favored by the gods but made the fatal mistake of sacrificing his son Pelops to the Olympians, who hated human sacrifice and cannibalism. Zeus sentenced Tantalus to eternal torment in Tartarus, and the gods brought Pelops back to life.[1]
  • Tantalus, son of Broteas who was killed by Agamemnon, who married his wife, Clytaemnestra.
  • Tantalus, son of Thyestes who was slain by along with his brother Pleisthenes by their uncle Atreus.
  • Tantalus, one of the Niobids, children of King Amphion of Thebes and Niobe, daughter of Tantalus.[2]
For other uses, see Tantalus (disambiguation).

Reference
  1. Pindar, Olympian Ode 1.24–38, 9.9; Strabo 1.3.17; Pausanias 5.1.6, 9.5.7.
  2. Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library, 3.5.6.
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