[DOC] [TLE] Tantalus - Wikipedia [PAR] Tantalus (Ancient Greek: , Tntalos) was a Greek mythological figure, 
most famous for his eternal punishment in Tartarus. He was made to stand in a 
pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his 
... Other versions name his father as Tmolus, the name of a king of Lydia and, like
... [DOC] [TLE] The Bloody King - Literature and History [PAR] He tortures an opportunistic herdsman who turned against him, having the man's 
nose .... In the lands of Lydia, long before the Trojan War, there lived a king 
named ... When Tantalus lifted his hands up, the branches lifted the fruits out of 
reach. ... in the darkest layer of Hades, was to endure eternal proximity to food 
and drink... [DOC] [TLE] NEMESIS - Greek Goddess of Retribution & Indignation [PAR] Happiness and unhappiness were measured out by her, care being taken that .... 
had been joined in love with Zeus the king of the gods by harsh violence. ... 
whom the water-roaming vulture [i.e. Nemesis in the form of a goose] brought to 
.... So spake the youth and Nemesis (Righteous Indignation) recorded his evil 
speech. [DOC] [TLE] PSYCHE (Psykhe) - Greek Goddess of the Soul [PAR] Eros hid his true identity and told Psykhe she must never gaze upon his face. ... 
Psyche was the youngest of the three daughters of some king, and excited by her 
.... ashes, the high note of the wedding-lute sank into the plaintive Lydian mode, 
..... you with enticing food, and that as soon as your womb has filled out and your
... [DOC] [TLE] pausanias 9. 23 - 40 - Theoi Greek Mythology [PAR] When his reputation had already spread throughout Greece he was raised to a 
greater ... Immediately on waking out of her sleep she wrote down all she had 
heard him singing in her dream. ... There is here too a cool stream of water rising 
from a rock. ... Crossing the river you reach the ruins of the house of Pindar, and a
... [DOC] [TLE] Tantalus, the Lydian king - Occultopedia, the Occult and ... [PAR] Tantalus is Tortured by Being Tantalised for Ever with Fruit Just out of His Reach, 
... Tantalus was a Lydian king, highly honored and prosperous, but, because he 
... chin in a river of Hades, a tree hung with clusters of fruit being just above his 
head. ... and because the fruit was just out of reach, he suffered agony from thirst,
... [DOC] [TLE] Notes, The Adventures of Ulysses, John Cooke, 1892 - Eldritch Press [PAR] He sided with the Greeks against Troy, but Ulysses incurred his anger for the ... 
times was regarded as a god and king of the winds which he kept enclosed in a 
.... a cup of water from the Styx, and the god poured it out while taking the oath. ... 
In later times the name Hades was transferred to his kingdom, the house of death
. [DOC] [TLE] Rational Models: Ionian philosophy and rhetoric - Indiana University ... [PAR] He is reported to have assisted the Lydian king Croesus in his war against the 
Persians, ... that the earth floats on water, which is in some way the source of all 
other things. ... and over the course of time were balanced out so that no one form 
of being ... For doctors, cutting and burning and torturing sick men in every way, 
still... [DOC] [TLE] Euripides' Alcestis - Diotima [PAR] Admetus, husband of Alcestis, king of Thessaly, son of Pheres. Children, of 
Alcestis (a ... who is going to take her down to the halls of Hades. ... with bow in 
hand, are you looking out for her, his wife, ... the spring water that is the custom 
..... But you kept out of the way and let someone else die, ... Do you think it is 
some Lydian [DOC] [TLE] Encyclopedia - K/Kyzikos - Mythagora Home Page [PAR] The Thebans decided to appease the fox by setting out one of their children each

Question: This Lydian king was tortured in Hades with food & water kept out of his reach
Answer: Tantalus