Similar words: tantalum, tantalize, tantalise, tantalizing, tantalising, tantalizingly, instantaneous, instantaneously. Meaning: n. (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it.
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1, There was a tantalus and glasses on the top of a bureau, in the alcove to the left of the fireplace.
2, Tantalus was the rich and mighty king of Lydia.
3, What say you to that torture of Tantalus as applied to a mother?
4, Tantalus, king of Lydia,(http://sentencedict.com/tantalus.html) once treated the gods to a banquet.
5, Immortal Tantalus, having committed unspeakable crimes and having stolen food from the gods, sits in a pool of crystal clear water that recedes from him each time bends to drink.
6, Long before Richard II there was another king.King Tantalus was king of Phrygia which was where Turkey is now.
7, Heroes like Tantalus and Ixion in Pindar, who betray the gods' trust in them, are sent from the radiance of Olympian feasts to the utter darkness of Hades.
8, Descended from Tantalus , Agamemnon inherited the curse of the gods on the family.
9, Just as there's no evidence that Richard II was actually tantalized into starvation there is also no evidence that king Tantalus actually reigned.
10, The gods don't take too kindly to that and so poor old Tantalus was made to stand in a lake with water up to his chin. Overhead were branches of a tree hanging with fruit.
11, Mythological characters that can be found on the periodic table include Tantalus (Tantalum, Ta) and his daughter Niobe (Niobium, Nb), and Promethius (Promethium, Pm).
12, The gods don't take too kindly to that and so poor old Tantalus was made to stand in a lake with water up to his chin.
13, His fame is based on the fact that, having such a godly father, Tantalus had the inside track on some godly secrets, but revealed them to mortal men.
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