- Tartarus – Mythopedia
Tartarus, a dark primordial landscape below the earth and even Hades, was the home of a handful of sinners and hated enemies of the gods Zeus, for example, cast his defeated foes into Tartarus—first Cronus and the Titans, and later the monster Typhoeus (Tartarus’ own son, perversely enough)
- Titans – Mythopedia
After Zeus defeated the Titans, he imprisoned them in Tartarus and appointed the Hecatoncheires as their guards But not all of the Titans were punished this way Oceanus (and perhaps Hyperion as well) seems to have favored the Olympians during the war and thus remained free; he certainly remained a powerful sea god under the new world order
- 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
- Tantalus - Mythopedia
Tantalus was best known for his punishment in Tartarus In ancient literature and art, he tended to be grouped with Tartarus’ other famous permanent residents, including Sisyphus, Ixion, and Tityus Tantalus’ punishment varied somewhat in the ancient sources, but it usually involved the sinner floating in a pool whose water he couldn’t
- Hecatoncheires – Mythopedia
But Apollodorus writes that the Hecatoncheires stood guard over the Titans imprisoned in Tartarus Briareus The only one of the Hecatoncheires who had an independent mythology is Briareus According to a story known only from Homer’s Iliad, Briareus once came to Zeus’ rescue when the other Olympians tried to overthrow him
- Tityus - Mythopedia
Tityus in Tartarus 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
- Gaia – Mythopedia
Suspecting that his own children would usurp him and take his place as ruler of the heavens, Uranus banished them to the grim Underworld realm of Tartarus as soon as they were born Unwilling to see her children’s lives so carelessly wasted, Gaia fashioned a sickle from grey flint and counseled her sons and daughters to rise up against Uranus
- Erebus - Mythopedia
Indeed, Erebus’ name was often used as a term for the Underworld, more or less interchangeable with Hades or Tartarus Family In the common account, known from Hesiod’s Theogony , Erebus was the child of Chaos, who begot him and his sister Nyx (“Night”) without a consort [4]
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