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en-wikipedia-org-1116		Tantalus - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2530	401	77	Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος Tántalos) was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his punishment in Tartarus. Thus, like other heroes in Greek mythology such as Theseus (his great-great-grandson) and the Dioskouroi, Tantalus had both a hidden, divine parent and a mortal one. The identity of his wife is variously given: generally as Dione the daughter of Atlas;[10][11] the Pleiad Taygete, daughter of Atlas; Eurythemista, a daughter of the river-god Xanthus;[12] Euryanassa, daughter of Pactolus, another river-god of Anatolia, like the Xanthus;[13][14][12] Clytia, the child of Amphidamantes;[15][12] and Eupryto.[16] Tantalus was also called the father of Dascylus.[17] Tantalus's punishment for his act, now a proverbial term for temptation without satisfaction (the source of the English word tantalise[27]), was to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches. Tantalus in art[edit] In Greek mythology, there are three other characters named Tantalus — minor figures and descendants of the above Tantalus.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1116.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1116.txt