Tantalus
by Vintage Collectables
Title
Tantalus
Artist
Vintage Collectables
Medium
Drawing - Engraving
Description
Tantalus, Hendrick Goltzius, after Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem, 1588
Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος, Tántalos) was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his eternal punishment in Tartarus. He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink. He was the father of Pelops, Niobe and Broteas, and was a son of Zeus[1] and the nymph Plouto. Thus, like other heroes in Greek mythology such as Theseus and the Dioskouroi, Tantalus had both a hidden, divine parent and a mortal one.
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