Meaning Of The Word Tantalus
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Tantalus Meaning
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Tantalus in American English
noun: a Phrygian king who was condemned to remain in Tartarus, chin deep in water, with fruit-laden branches hanging above his head: whenever he tried to drink or eat, the water and fruit receded out of reach Tantalus in British English a king, son of Zeus, doomed in the lower world to stand in water that always recedes when he tries to drink it and under branches of fruit that always remain just out of reach noun: a case in which bottles may be locked with their contents tantalizingly visible noun: a king, the father of Pelops, punished in Hades for his misdeeds by having to stand in water that recedes when he tries to drink it and under fruit that moves away as he reaches for it |
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