TARTARUS

in Greek mythology, lowest region of the underworld. The wicked (e.g., Sisyphus, Tantalus, and Ixion) were sent to Tartarus as punishment for their sins.

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books on: Tartarus  - 1125 results

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1.
Life in the Homeric Age
Book by Thomas Day Seymour; Biblio and Tannen, 1963
Subjects: Civilization, Homeric, Greece--Social Life And Customs, Homer
...this threat is not fulfilled ( 382). 1 Tartarus is mentioned only in the eighth and fourteenth...divinities that he will " hurl into murky Tartarus, far away, where is the deepest pit...sun nor by breezes, but lofty ( deep ) Tartarus is about them." And, again, Hera...
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The Formation of Hell: Death and Retribution in the Ancient and Early Christian Worlds
Book by Alan E. Bernstein; Cornell University Press, 1993
Subjects: Hell--Biblical Teaching, Hell--Christianity--History Of Doctrines--Early Church, Ca. 30-600, Hell--Comparative Studies, Judaism--Doctrines--History, Rome--Religion
ter of Tartarus as a person receives no extensive development...Even though he fathered this monster, Tartarus is far more important as a place than...is so mighty that, even confined in Tartarus, his breath provokes the evil winds...
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The Formation of Hell: Death and Retribution in the Ancient and Early Christian Worlds
Book by Alan E. Bernstein; UCL Press, 1993
Subjects: Hell--Biblical Teaching, Hell--Christianity--History Of Doctrines--Early Church, Ca. 30-600, Hell--Comparative Studies, Judaism--Doctrines--History, Rome--Religion
...runs right through this space between Tartarus and the house of Hades. The variable...and the god Hades outside the gate of Tartarus and the need for even Gods to contend...place. Hesiod has already said that Tartarus lies far below the earth 721-25 . Yet...
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Biblical References in Shakespeare's Plays
Book by Naseeb Shaheen; University of Delaware Press, 1999
Subjects: Bible--In Literature, Christian Drama, English--History And Criticism, Christianity And Literature--England--History--16th Century, Christianity And Literature--England--History--17th Century, Religion In Literature, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Religion
...sinned, but cast them downe into hel Greek, tartarus. After Shakespeare refers to 1 Peter 5.8...devour, he next speaks of the devil returning to tartarus. The Greek word tartarus occurs only once in the New Testament, in 2 Peter...
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Virgil's Aeneid: Semantic Relations and Proper Names
Book by Michael Paschalis; Clarendon Press, 1997
Subjects: Epic Poetry, Latin--History And Criticism, Latin Language--Semantics, Names, Personal, In Literature, Names, Personal--Rome, Virgil--Aeneis
of Tartarus. 32 In order to reach the laeta arua...corde dolor tristi to joy gaudet . 5. Tartarus 548-627 After passing the region of...Deiphobus, 34 the hero and the Sibyl see Tartarus. Aeneas does not enter Tartarus; he...
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Melville's "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids": A Dialogue about Experience, Understanding, and Truth
Journal article by Karen A. Weyler; Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 31, 1994
Subjects: Literary form--Analysis, Melville, Herman--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Narration (Rhetoric)--Technique
...Melvilles "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids": a dialogue about experience...The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids" is one of these works. For...The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids" is a difficult work to interpret...
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Melville's "Factory Girls": Feminizing the Future
Journal article by Tom Allen; Studies in American Fiction, Vol. 31, 2003
Subjects: American fiction--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Femininity--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Melville, Herman--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids (Short story)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...piece "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids" asks the owner of the paper...The images of female sterility in "The Tartarus of Maids" would, then, seem to contrast...labor and production in the factory. Tartarus many images of fertility--from the...
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Plato in the Light of Yoga
Journal article by Jeffrey Gold; Philosophy East & West, Vol. 46, 1996
Subjects: Philosophy, Philosophy, Asian
...He then quotes Homer, who refers to Tartarus as the earths deepest chasm into which...Given this symbolic interpretation, Tartarus would represent what Eliade calls the...eventually "discharge themselves back into Tartarus, some with long winding courses through...
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Looking at the Stars Forever
Journal article by Rei Terada; Studies in Romanticism, Vol. 50, 2011
Subjects: Hyperion (Keats, John) (Poem)--Authorship, Hyperion (Keats, John) (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Keats, John (British poet)--Criticism and interpretation, Keats, John (British poet)--Works, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Works, Vision--Portrayals
...avenue for intervention. Confined in Tartarus, they are never going to interact with...1:116-25) / Keatss joke is that Tartarus, where nothing ever changes, is a...permanent community of the unfree: a Tartarus of local diversions, cultures, and...
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The Myth of the Last Judgment in the Gorgias
Journal article by Alessandra Fussi; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 54, 2001
Subjects: Gorgias (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Judgment Day--Philosophy, Plato--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Soul--History of doctrines
...which determines who is to be sent to Tartarus and who to the Isles of the Blessed...lived a just and holy life were sent to Tartarus. According to Zeus, there were two...lived unjustly and impiously goes to Tartarus, a place of requital and penance. The...
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magazine articles on: Tartarus  - 14 results

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Das Dorfchen and the 'unsinnsgesellschaft': Schubert's Elise
Magazine article by Rita Steblin; Musical Times, Vol. 140, Spring 1999
...Lieder the Schiller texts Gruppe aus dem Tartarus (D.583), about the eternal torments...the tormented Ach, of Gruppe aus dem Tartarus. Schubert, having earlier set various...relationship. It is hard to imagine the solemn Tartarus as anything but serious in purpose...
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Hidden Worlds : Steven Millhauser Continues to Rework Myths and Folktales
Magazine article by Edward Hower; World and I, Vol. 18, June 2003
Subjects: The King in the Tree (Book)
...a Greek underworld, Avernus, complete with a fascinating Tartarus--hell--that includes a fiery lake in which souls languish...becomes enamored of elusive Georgiana--just as he prefers Tartarus to Elysium. To Don Juan, Georgiana represents the turbulent...
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By the Rockets' Red Glare: the Siege of Fort Mchenry
Magazine article by Blaine Taylor; Sea Classics, Vol. 42, May 2009
...the troopships Benson and Trave, also both carrying 36 guns; HMS Thames and Narcissus, both with 32; HMS Thistle and Tartarus, each with 20 guns; 18s - Meteor, Erebus, Wolverine, and Rover, the 16gun vessels HMS Volcano and Seahorse, Jaseur and...
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The 'Soul': Modern Psychological Interpretations
Magazine article by Morton Hunt; Free Inquiry, Vol. 14, Fall 1994
Subjects: Soul--Psychological aspects
...it leaves the body--in the Greek version, crossing the river Styx to Hades and there being judged and sent on either to Tartarus (hell) or the Elysian Fields (heaven); in the Christian version, going to heaven, or to purgatory for a period of suffering...
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Bryn Terfel, at Symphony Center, Chicago
Magazine article by Lawrence A. Johnson; New Criterion, Vol. 16, May 1998
Subjects: Concerts--Reviews, Terfel, Bryn (Concert)--Reviews
...settings. Here again, while the ballast and power of Terfels voice in songs like his vividly characterized "Gruppe aus dem Tartarus" are striking, most memorable are the more inward settings. Terfels deeply felt "Litanci auf das Fest Aller Seelen" displayed...
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newspaper articles on: Tartarus  - 12 results

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Ticket to Tartarus
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, February 8, 2006
Ticket to Tartarus. Byline: Breakfast Table: Adrian Cristobal THE ticket to Parnassus turned out to be a one-way ticket to Tartarus. Some witnesses said that ULTRA stampede occurred when a "Wowowee" staffer announced that only holders of...
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Persona 3
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 27, 2011
Subjects: Video game industry, Video games industry
...transformation of the school into a tower named "Tartarus." Navigating in-game is simplified...strengthens the player should he traverse Tartarus at night. On the other hand, listening...of them. The mazes and labyrinths of Tartarus serve as the battleground as players...
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Dvd Reviews: ROCK IN THE ROLES; Dark Hour Game Cements Its Place in RPG Market PERSONA 3 **** PS2
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), March 28, 2008
Subjects: Computer entertainment systems, Video game industry, Video games, Video games industry
...exploring the creatures stronghold of Tartarus. This is where the game gets interesting. You can only access Tartarus during the Dark Hour, so the rest...collect them from different creatures in Tartarus, it pays to get as many as you can...
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Persona 3
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 27, 2011
Subjects: Video game industry, Video games industry
...transformation of the school into a tower named "Tartarus." Navigating in-game is simplified...strengthens the player should he traverse Tartarus at night. On the other hand, listening...of them. The mazes and labyrinths of Tartarus serve as the battleground as players...
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Not Just a Lot of Hot Air; Air Pollution: Trace Gases Have Changed, but the Basic Composition of Air Remains Stable
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 29, 2008
Subjects: Air pollution, Oxides
...was addedduring the Mongolian invasionsto link the tribe with Tartarus, the classical notion of The Underworld or Hell. Tartar sauce...used in alchemical practice, this also was associated with Tartarus orhell. Charles Gayle, Durham. QUESTION Were there anyinstances...
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encyclopedia articles on: Tartarus  - 8 results

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Tartarus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TARTARUS in Greek mythology, lowest region of the underworld. The wicked (e.g., Sisyphus , Tantalus , and Ixion ) were sent to Tartarus as punishment for their sins. ____________________ Copyright...
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Titan , in Greek Religion and Mythology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Zeus, in the battle called the Titanomachy. Zeus freed from Tartarus the Cyclopes and the hundred-handed giants, the Hecatoncheires...remain on Olympus, but all the other Titans were condemned to Tartarus. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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Aloadae
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...killed each other while shooting at a hind sent by Apollo. For their wickedness they were condemned to eternal torture in Tartarus. Thus the phrase "to pile Pelion on Ossa" means to attempt an enormous but fruitless task...
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Hades
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...each soul its appropriate abode. The virtuous and the heroic were rewarded in the Elysian fields ; wrongdoers were sent to Tartarus ; and most wandered as dull shadows among fields of asphodel. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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Tantalus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...to the society of the gods, but his abominable behavior aroused their anger, and Zeus condemned him to suffer eternally at Tartarus. One legend says that he had divulged divine secrets and stolen the gods sacred food. Another tells that he had murdered...
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