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Definition of: Tantalus
(tan′tə·ləs)
In Greek mythology, a rich king, son of Zeus and father of Pelops and Niobe, who was punished in Hades for revealing the secrets of Zeus by being made to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink, and under fruit-laden branches he could not reach.
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