Tantalus

Tantalus in the underworld. According to this version his punishment was to hold a rock, which hangs above his head, threatening to crush him, and so torturing him for eternity. [krater, 4th century BC]

This relief from a

Roman sarcophagus

shows Tantalus (far

right), Ixion (center),

and Sisyphus all

suffering their fates

in the underworld.

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