Follow

    Tantalus

    Character » Tantalus appears in 17 issues.

    Tragic Greek figure, doomed with a torturous afterlife where he is forever starved and taunted with food and water that he cannot have.

    Short summary describing this character.

    Tantalus appears in 17 issues
    View all

    No recent wiki edits to this page.

    Origin

    The son of Zeus and Plute/Plouto, Tantalus was granted special privilege by the Olympian gods to be allowed to sit at their table, and feast and wine with them. He would also host the Olympian gods on Earth. Through ill advised actions, and ill fated ideas, Tantalus killed and served his own son Pelops as a dish for the gods to eat. The gods, once aware of this act, undid it, bringing back Pelops from death and dismemberment.

    Tantalus' punishment for such a taboo act was to live in Tartarus, cruelly tempted for all eternity by water he can never drink and food he can never eat, even though both are always around him.

    sizepositionchange
    sizepositionchange
    ×

    Edit Image Title

    ×

    Embed Image

    1. What size image should we insert? (This will not affect the original upload)

    2. How do you want the image positioned around text?

    ×

    Link to Comic Vine Content

    You can search for any Comic Vine content.

    ×

    Link to a page

    You can search for any Comic Vine content.

    positionchange
    positionchange
    positionchange
    bordersheaderpositiontable
    ×

    Insert Table

    positionchange
    ×

    Embed tweet

    Enter the URL for the tweet you want to embed.

    ×

    Pick a List

    Close

    This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for:

    Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live.

    Comment and Save

    Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Comic Vine users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.

    ×

    Thanks, we're checking your submission.

    OKHelp