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    Tantalus the Great As I stood there in shock, I knew my life would never be the same again……. 4 hours earlier. I looked in the mirror at my outfit for the hundredth time. “Something is missing.” I said to myself. I had combed through my closet at least a billion times throughout the week trying to find the perfect thing to wear. I was finally going to meet my father. I can’t believe I’m nervous about this, I’m a grown man and I have two kids of my own. Maybe this is perfectly normal though, not

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    Tantalus the Great I looked in the mirror at my outfit for the hundredth time. “Something is missing.” I said to myself. I had combed through my closet at least a billion times throughout the week trying to find the perfect thing to wear. I was finally going to meet my father. I can’t believe I’m nervous about this, I’m a grown man and I have three kids of my own. Maybe this is perfectly normal, though not many people I know can say their father is Zeus. He invited me to sit in on a meeting with

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    Fate and Destiny Literary Analysis Essay The founder of philosophy, Christina Carlina, once said, “fate is chance; destiny is choice.” You may have thought these two ideas were the same thing. However, they are distinctly different. Fate is what is meant to be set in the future, destiny is what you make it. The two short stories, “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Doomed House of Atreus” are two very similar stories. But in what ways? Both of these stories are controlled by destiny, choices for an outcome

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    Works of literature are generally understood as being timeless with a superior artistic merit. It explores the traditions and culture of the time and place but most prominently it gives insight to the human condition. Greek mythology is used in the ancient times to interpret things that would otherwise be unexplainable. It is an indication of human creativity and the need to introduce faith in something greater than simply existing. Antigone by Sophocles is a perfect example of literature since it

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    On Tuesday, Tantalus was punished for eternity in Tartarus for stealing from the table of the deities in Olympus and for killing his son as a sacrifice. Tantalus was the son of Zeus, father of Niobe and Pelops, king of Sipylus, and good friends with the gods. He got invited to the gods’ feast at their table in Olympus because he was so close to them. He accepted their offer and went to have dinner with them. “Tantalus sure does know how to have a good time so we thought it would be fun if we

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    The evil started with Tantalus. Tantalus sired Pelops and the sons of Pelops, Thyestes and Atreus. The murder of Pelops’ bastard son Chrysippus brought down the wrath of Olympus and an ancestral curse on the House of Atreus. Demeter bore Zeus a daughter Persephone as a result of an incestuous union. The mother concealed Persephone in a subterranean cave guarded by serpents but Zeus desired her and bad-tempered and cunning transformed himself into a winged serpent to rape her, their coupling creating

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    The story of Tantalus is a myth of caution and of deep meaning. Tantalus started out as a highly respected god. He was born into high standing as the son of Zeus and married the daughter of Atlas. Tantalus was favorable with the gods and was allowed to sit at Zeus’ table in Olympus. The fact that he sat at the table also made Tantalus popular among humans. The privilege of sitting at the table was a rare occurrence and Tantalus was considered fortunate. Despite his good fortune, he misused the position

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    values. One particularly interesting story is the myth of Tantalus. He was a mortal son of Zeus, a very powerful god, and was offered many luxuries and banquets that no other mortal could partake in. He repaid the favor by trying to spite the gods, an act no-one could explain. He chopped his only son up into a stew and served it to the gods. The gods knew, and Tantalus was sent to a pool in Hades, the Greek equivalent of hell. When Tantalus tried to quench his thirst in the pool below him, the water

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    misdemeanors. Another illustration of this concept is that of Tantalus. Tantalus was a mortal who wronged the gods many times by stealing from them. Arguably his worst offence was when he presented the Olympians with a meal as an act of peace and retribution for his actions. However, instead of a delicious peace offering, the gods were quick to realize that Tantalus, in a capital offence, had fed the gods his own son. Thus, the wrathful gods cast Tantalus into Tartarus, the Greek depiction of the underworld

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    its use in language, science, and entertainment. One section of the current world in which Greek Mythology is especially prevalent is in the words of the English language. One figure that demonstrates this is Tantalus, a half-god half-nymph whose story inspired the word “tantalize”. Tantalus was often invited to dine with the Olympian gods, but he stole their secrets and offended them in many ways. As a result of these rebellious actions, the gods

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