Tantalus

Reading notes

• The Loves §2.2 Tantalus

  The underworld sinner racked by thirst and hunger amid receding water and fruit; his 'babbling tongue' brought the doom — a warning to the talebearing guard.

• The Loves §3.12 Tantalus

  The betrayer punished with eternal thirst in the midst of a stream.

• The Art of Love §2.27 Tantalus

  Punished in the underworld with eternal thirst and hunger amid water and fruit, for betraying the gods' secrets.

• The Heroides §8 a son of Tantalus

  Tantalus, founder of the cursed house; Hermione vows to be the wife of a Tantalid (Orestes) or die.

• The Heroides §16 our great-grandsire (Tantalus)

  Tantalus, ancestor of Helen's house, punished in the underworld by ever-receding water and fruit.

• Ibis §6 the father of Pelops

  Tantalus, father of Pelops, tormented by fruit and water that retreat from his reach.

• Metamorphoses §4.82 Tantalus

  Sinner punished with water and overhanging fruit forever escaping his reach.

• Metamorphoses §10.287 Tantalus

  A damned soul, tormented by water and fruit forever beyond reach.