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Tartarus
Tartarus in Greek mythology, lowest region of the underworld. The wicked (e.g., Sisyphus , Tantalus , and Ixion ) were sent to Tartarus as punishment for their sins. ... Read more
Cyclops
Cyclops , plural Cyclopes , in Greek mythology, immense one-eyed beings. They appear in at least two distinct traditions. According to Hesiod the Cyclopes were smiths, the sons of Uranus and Gaea. They were imprisoned in Tartarus by their father and again by their brother Kronos. In return for thei... Read more
Ixion
Ixion , in Greek mythology, king of the Lapithes. Ixion murdered his father-in-law to avoid paying a price for his bride. When no one on earth would purify him, Zeus took Ixion to Olympus and purified him. While there Ixion attempted to seduce Hera, but Zeus created a phantom of her and by it Ixion ... Read more
Sisyphus
Sisyphus , in Greek mythology, son of Aeolus and founder and king of Corinth. Renowned for his cunning, he was said to have outwitted even Death. For his disrespect to Zeus, he was condemned to eternal punishment in Tartarus. There he eternally pushed a heavy rock to the top of a steep hill, where i... Read more
Titan
Titan in Greek religion and mythology, one of 12 primeval deities. The female Titan is also called Titaness. The Titans—six sons and six daughters—were the children of Uranus and Gaea. They were Kronos, Iapetus, Hyperion, Oceanus, Coeus, Creus, Theia, Rhea, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Tethys, an... Read more
Tantalus
Tantalus , in Greek mythology, king of Sipylos, son of Zeus and father of Pelops and Niobe. He was admitted to the society of the gods, but his abominable behavior aroused their anger, and Zeus condemned him to suffer eternally at Tartarus. One legend says that he had divulged divine secrets and sto... Read more
Hades
Hades , in Greek and Roman religion and mythology. 1 The ruler of the underworld: see Pluto . 2 The world of the dead, ruled by Pluto and Persephone, located either underground or in the far west beyond the inhabited regions. It was separated from the land of the living by the rivers Styx [hate... Read more

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Tartarus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Tartarus in Greek mythology, lowest region of the underworld. The wicked (e.g., Sisyphus , Tantalus , and Ixion ) were sent to Tartarus as punishment for their sins.
Titan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...led by Zeus, in the battle called the Titanomachy. Zeus freed from Tartarus the Cyclopes and the hundred-handed giants, the Hecatoncheires, to...allowed to remain on Olympus, but all the other Titans were condemned to Tartarus.
Cyclops
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...distinct traditions. According to Hesiod the Cyclopes were smiths, the sons of Uranus and Gaea. They were imprisoned in Tartarus by their father and again by their brother Kronos. In return for their freedom they gave Zeus the thunderbolt that aided him...
Aloadae
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...others said they killed each other while shooting at a hind sent by Apollo. For their wickedness they were condemned to eternal torture in Tartarus. Thus the phrase "to pile Pelion on Ossa" means to attempt an enormous but fruitless task.
Charles Heavysege
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Shakespeare and the Bible were the chief influences on all his own writings. Heavysege's first book of verse, The Revolt of Tartarus, appeared in England in 1852. In 1853 Heavysege emigrated to Canada, settled in Montreal, and supported his large family...
Tantalus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...to the society of the gods, but his abominable behavior aroused their anger, and Zeus condemned him to suffer eternally at Tartarus. One legend says that he had divulged divine secrets and stolen the gods' sacred food. Another tells that he had murdered...
Hades
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus—assigned to each soul its appropriate abode. The virtuous and the heroic were rewarded in the Elysian fields ; wrongdoers were sent to Tartarus ; and most wandered as dull shadows among fields of asphodel.
Ixion
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...While there Ixion attempted to seduce Hera, but Zeus created a phantom of her and by it Ixion became the father of the centaurs . As punishment for his impious act, Ixion was chained eternally to a revolving, fiery wheel in Tartarus .
Hell
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...teachings of contemporary schoolmen, Dante also acknowledged Virgil as his master and followed him in many descriptions of Tartarus. The Semitic idea crops up here and there, however, such as in the beginning of one of the cantos, where what looks suspiciously...
Titans
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...Olympian deities. These fought the Titans for ten years, and after the eventual Olympian victory the Titans were banished to Tartarus, a place below the underworld. Despite the cruelty and violence of these stories, the time when Kronos ruled was nevertheless...

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Tartarus
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Tartarus a part of the underworld where the wicked suffered punishment for their misdeeds, especially those such as Ixion and Tantalus who had committed some outrage against the gods.
Suffering
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...tortured with rats for conspiring against the totalitarian regime. [Br. Lit.: George Orwell 1984] Tantalus condemned to Tartarus with food and water always just out of reach; hence, tantalize . [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 253] Valley Forge winter quarters...
scopulus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy ...planetary surface; pl.scopuli. The name, which means ‘crag’ or ‘cliff’, is not a geological term, but is used in the nomenclature of individual features, for example Tartarus Scopulus on Mars.
tantalize
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology tantalize XVI. f. L. Tantalus (Gr. Tántalos ), name of a mythical king of Phrygia condemned to stand in Tartarus up to his chin in water which receded as he stooped to drink.
Underworld
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Theology: Brewer Dictionary , 499] Styx river of Hades across which souls of dead must travel. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 259] Tartarus infernal regions. [Gk. Myth.: Hall, 147] Unfaithfulness (See .) Ungratefulness (See .) Unkindness (See , .)
chaos
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...xA0; the formless matter supposed to have existed before the creation of the universe. ∎  ( Chaos ) Greek Mythol. the first created being, from which came the primeval deities Gaia, Tartarus, Erebus, and Nyx.
Tartars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...early 15th century. Papal envoys ( c. 1250) to the Mongols consistently called them Tartars, probably by association with Tartarus, the place of punishment in the underworld of Greek mythology. The name was also applied to the GOLDEN HORDE . Some of the...

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god
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...Iris Momus Nemesis Nereus Oceanus Orpheus Pan Paris Persephone Phaethon Philemon Pluto Poseidon Priapus Proteus Selene Serapis Tartarus Tethys Themis Tyche Uranus Victory Zeus Roman Aesculapius Aurora Bellona Ceres Cupid Diana Faunus Flora Fortuna Juno Jupiter...

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Melville's "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids": a dialogue about experience, understanding, and truth. (Herman Melville)
Magazine article from: Studies in Short Fiction; 6/22/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids" is one of these works. For...The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids" is a difficult work to interpret...of "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids" is an organic outgrowth of...
Melville's the paradise of bachelors and the Tartarus of maids.(Herman Melville')(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: The Explicator; 3/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...diptych "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids"--gender roles, (1)urban...bachelors' lives, so brutally in the Tartarus of maids are the girls' lives stunted...E. H. Eby, "Herman Melville's 'Tartarus of Maids,'" Modern. Language Quarterly...
Ticket to Tartarus.(Opinion & Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 2/8/2006; 602 words ; Byline: Breakfast Table: Adrian Cristobal THE ticket to Parnassus turned out to be a one-way ticket to Tartarus. Some witnesses said that ULTRA stampede occurred when a "Wowowee" staffer announced that only holders of the first 100 tickets...
Fahrt zum Hades. Freiwilliges Versinken. Das Weinen. Des Fischers Liebesglück. Der Winterabend. Memnon. Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren. Der Schiffer. Sehnsucht. Der Jüngling am Bache. An Emma. Der Pilgrim. Gruppe aus dem Tartarus. Hoffnung. Grenzen der Menschheit
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 9/1/2008; ; 603 words ; ...eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren. Der Schiffer. Sehnsucht. Der Jngling am Bache. An Emma. Der Pilgrim. Gruppe aus dem Tartarus. Hoffnung. Grenzen der Menschheit * Matthias Goerne (bar); Elisabeth Leonskaja (pn) * HARMONIA MUNDI 901988 (65:05...
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Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 3/28/2008; 700+ words ; ...exploring the creatures' stronghold of Tartarus. This is where the game gets interesting. You can only access Tartarus during the Dark Hour, so the rest...collect them from different creatures in Tartarus, it pays to get as many as you can...
Adventures in the high seas
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 9/15/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...owns the title to the real estate of Tartarus, a place where no man has gone and returned...visuals come during the stormy journey to Tartarus. The crew of Chimera goes through a...physical appearance; and to top it all up, Tartarus, which was depicted as an ever-shifting...
The reports from the River Styx.
Magazine article from: The Southern Review; 6/22/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...Virgil, and other ancient writers. Tartarus, as many writers have called the place...name of a lake near Naples, Italy. Tartarus, which is ruled by an absolute, divine...condemned to everlasting punishment in Tartarus proper. (It is this jurisdiction for...
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News Wire article from: University Wire; 9/4/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...High School turns into a tower called Tartarus, whose hundreds of floors are teeming...whether or not to lead the group into Tartarus to beat up monsters, find valuable items, and complete missions. Tartarus is made up of randomly generated floors...
GAME REVIEW: Not your father's 'Persona'
News Wire article from: University Wire; 8/31/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...day, going to school and climbing Tartarus. Fortunately, while you may never want...natural and involving way. The crawl up Tartarus, the tower that Gekkokan High transforms...favor, but also whether to train in Tartarus for the next full moon event or study...