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- 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
- Odyssey: Book 11 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
He then beholds Tityus, Tantalus, Sisyphus, Hercules; till he is deterred from further curiosity by the apparition of horrid spectres, and the cries of the wicked in torments
- Tantalus – Mythopedia
Tantalus was a king so beloved by the gods that they invited him to dine on Mount Olympus But he eventually offended the gods and was cast into the Underworld to suffer eternal punishment (Different sources give different versions of both the crime and the punishment )
- Hades – Mythopedia
Hades was a fearsome Greek god and ruler of the Underworld So dreaded by the Greeks that they didn’t dare speak his name, his most famous act was abducting Persephone, goddess of springtime
- Thanatos – Mythopedia
Thanatos makes scattered appearances throughout Greek literature as death personified The tale of Sisyphus outwitting him is known to have been told by the historian Pherecydes (mid-fifth century BCE), though the account survives only in fragments
- Tityus – Mythopedia
Tityus was an extraordinarily large and strong mortal who was killed when he attacked the goddess Leto He was sent to Tartarus for his crimes, where he lay outstretched for all eternity as vultures or snakes devoured his innards
- Iliad: Book 6 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
“A city stands on Argos’ utmost bound, (Argos the fair, for warlike steeds renown’d,) Aeolian Sisyphus, with wisdom bless’d, In ancient time the happy wall possess’d, Then call’d Ephyre: Glaucus was his son; Great Glaucus, father of Bellerophon, Who o’er the sons of men in beauty shined, Loved for that valour which preserves mankind
- Odysseus – Mythopedia
Odysseus was a Greek hero from Ithaca known for his cunning After helping to win the Trojan War, he was forced to wander the world for ten years before returning home
- Laertes – Mythopedia
Laertes was the king of Ithaca and a hero who participated in the voyage of the Argonauts He is best remembered as the father of Odysseus
- Tartarus – Mythopedia
Tartarus was a primordial deity and the embodiment of the deepest, darkest part of the Underworld With Gaia, the personification of the earth, he fathered the terrible monster Typhoeus
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