Tartarus
a sunless abyss, below Hades, in which Zeus imprisoned the Titans.
a place in Hades for the punishment of the wicked.
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How to use Tartarus in a sentence
After all her children had grown up and left home, Gaia found lasting comfort with Tartarus.
It is a kind of hell, but not the spiraling inferno the Stalker Virgil led Dante through, but a sodden, sloppy Tartarus.
Geoff Dyer Takes on Andrei Tarkovsky’s Film ‘Stalker’ in ‘Zona’ | Chris Wallace | February 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe name commonly given to these regions is Hades or Tartarus, understood to signify hell.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantThe inhuman Tantalus was condemned to the torments of Tartarus, where he stands up to his chin in a clear stream.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome | Emilie Kip BakerTherefore he was consigned to Tartarus, and his punishment is to roll an immense stone to the top of a steep hill.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome | Emilie Kip Baker
This offense could not be overlooked, so Ixion was sent to Tartarus, where he was bound to an ever-revolving wheel of fire.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome | Emilie Kip BakerAt length we reached the last passage, the dismal gloom of which might furnish images for a poetical description of Tartarus.
The Book of Curiosities | I. Platts
British Dictionary definitions for Tartarus
/ (ˈtɑːtərəs) /
an abyss under Hades where the Titans were imprisoned
a part of Hades reserved for evildoers
the underworld; Hades
a primordial god who became the father of the monster Typhon
Origin of Tartarus
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