person
Tityos
Giant punished in the underworld, his body stretched over nine acres while a vulture tears his liver.
Reading notes
- The Loves §3.12 Tityos
Giant stretched over nine acres in the underworld while a vulture tears his liver.
- Letters from the Black Sea §1.2 Tityos
Tityos, a giant punished in the underworld by having his ever-renewing liver torn by vultures; an image of Ovid's unending, self-renewing torment.
- Ibis §6 nine acres
Tityos, the giant stretched over nine acres while a vulture eternally tears his liver.
- Metamorphoses §4.82 Tityos
Giant punished in Hades, stretched over nine acres while his flesh is torn.