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Tantalus

"Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος Tántalos) was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his eternal punishment in Tartarus. He was also called Atys.

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 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." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.01.2020)

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Tantalus [Der Sturz des Tantalus in der Tartaros][Ovids Metamorphosen]/Tableaux du Temple des Muses, C. Bloemaert, 59 Bll., Le Bl
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Was depicted (Actor) Tantalus
Printing plate produced Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617)
Intellectual creation Cornelis van Haarlem (1562-1638)

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