| Tartarus | |
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| Name: | Tartarus |
| Occupants: | Campe (Jailer) |
| Status: | Active |
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| First appearance: | Chaos 101 |
| GALLERY | |
Tartarus is the deep abyss that is used as a dungeon of torment and suffering for the wicked and as the prison for The Titans. After being judged at the Hall of Judgement, souls of the whited are sent to Tartarus.
Originally, Tartarus was used only to confine dangers to The Gods of Olympus. Later, Tartarus became a space dedicated to the imprisonment and torment of mortals who had sinned against the gods, and each punishment was unique to the condemned.
Residents[]
- King Sisyphus Zeus ordered Thanatos to chain up Sisyphus in Tartarus, Sisyphus tricked Thanatos by asking him how the chains worked and ended up chaining Thanatos. Ares freed Thanatos and turn Sisyphus over to him. Later, Sisyphus had Persephone send him back to the surface to scold his wife for not burying him properly. Sisyphus was forcefully dragged back by Hermes when he refused to return. In Tartarus, Sisyphus was forced to roll a large boulder up a mountainside, and when he almost reached the crest, it rolled back down the hill, and Sisyphus would have to start again.
- King Tantalus cut up his son, boiled him, and served him as food when he dined with The Gods. He stole ambrosia from them and told his people its secrets. His punishment for cannibalism and stealing food was to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree unable to ever eat or drink again.
Mythology[]
Rhadamanthus, Aeacus and King Minos were the judges of the dead and chose who went to Tartarus. Rhadamanthus judged Asian souls, Abacus judged European souls and Minos judged of the Greek, and had the deciding vote.
- King Sisyphus was sentenced for killing guests and travelers to his castle in violation to his hospitality, seducing his niece, and reporting one of Zeus' sexual assaults. Zeus ordered Thanatos to chain up Sisyphus in Tartarus, Sisyphus tricked Thanatos by asking him how the chains worked and ended up chaining Thanatos; as a result there was no more death. Ares freed Thanatos and turn Sisyphus over to him. Later, Sisyphus had Persephone send him back to the surface to scold his wife for not burying him properly. Sisyphus was forcefully dragged back by Hermes when he refused to return. Now, Sisyphus was forced to roll a large boulder up a mountainside, and when he almost reached the crest, it rolled back down the hill, and Sisyphus would have to start again.
- King Tantalus he cut up his son Pelops, boiled him, and served him as food when he was invited to dine with the gods. He also stole the ambrosia from the Gods and told his people its secrets. Tantalus' punishment for his actions was to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches. Whenever he reached for the fruit, the branches raised his intended meal from his grasp. Whenever he bent down to get a drink, the water receded before he could get any. Over his head towered a threatening stone like that of Sisyphus.
- king Ixion Ixion grew to hate his father-in-law and killed him, committing the first kin-related murder. The princes of other lands ordered Ixion be denied of any sin-cleansing. Zeus took pity on him and invited him to a meal on Olympus. When Ixion saw Hera, he fell in love with her and did some under-the-table caressing until Zeus signaled him to stop. Zeus found a place for him to sleep, and created a cloud-clone of Hera named Nephele to test how far he would go to seduce Hera. Ixion made love to her, resulting in the birth of Centaurus, who mated with some Magnesian mares on Mount Pelion and thus engendered the race of Centaurs. Zeus kicked him out, and struck him with a thunderbolt. He was punished by being tied to a winged flaming wheel that was always spinning: first in the sky and then in Tartarus. Only when Orpheus came down to rescue Eurydice did it stop spinning because of the music he was playing.
- Danaïdes who murdered their husbands and were punished in Tartarus by being forced to carry water in a jug to fill a bath which would thereby wash off their sins. But the tub was filled with cracks, so the water always leaked out.
- The giant Tityos attempted to rape Leto on Hera's orders, but was slain by Apollo and Artemis. As punishment, Tityos was stretched out in Tartarus and tortured by two vultures who fed on his liver. This punishment is extremely similar to that of the Titan Prometheus.
- King Salmoneus passing himself off as Zeus, causing the real Zeus to smite him with a thunderbolt.
- It's also mentioned that Arke, Ocnus, Phlegyas, the Aloadaes and The Titans as inhabitants of Tartarus.