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tartarus

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1. tartarus - Noun

2. Tartarus - Proper noun

Meaning

The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general.

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A. cast into Tartarus or hell, Acus.8 J., 2 Ep. Source: Internet

He was punished by being tied to a winged flaming wheel that was always spinning: first in the sky and then in Tartarus. Source: Internet

As punishment, Tityos was stretched out in Tartarus and tortured by two vultures who fed on his liver. Source: Internet

Cronus, the ruler of the Titans, was thrown down into the pits of Tartarus by his children. Source: Internet

In ancient Orphic sources and in the mystery schools, Tartarus is also the unbounded first-existing entity from which the Light and the cosmos are born. Source: Internet

In later mythologies, Tartarus became the place where the punishment fits the crime. Source: Internet

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