1) American mountain 2) Cellaret 3) Doomed son of Zeus 4) Extinct volcano 5) Frustrated lydian king 6) Frustrated one of myth 7) King and son of Zeus 8) King in Greek mythology 9) Mountain of Hawaii 10) Mount of North America 11) Mountain in Hawaii 12) Mountain in North America 13) Mountain of North America
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1) Cellaret
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[Oahu] Tantalus is an extinct cinder cone in the southern Ko{Okina}olau Range on the Hawaiian Island of O{Okina}ahu. It also has a summit crater, Tantalus Crater. The cinder cone formed after the demise of Ko{Okina}olau Volcano, during a time of rejuvenated stage volcanism in southeastern O{Okina}ahu that also formed Punchbowl Crater, Diamo...
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[cabinet] A Tantalus is a small wooden cabinet containing two or three decanters. Its defining feature is that it has a lock and key. The aim of that is to stop unauthorised people drinking the contents (in particular, `servants and younger sons getting at the whisky`), while still allowing them to be on show. The name is a reference to the...
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[son of Broteas] In Greek mythology Tantalus, not to be confused with his more famous grandfather and namesake (Tantalus), who was also called Atys, was the son of Broteas. He ruled over the city of Lydia. He was the first husband of Clytemnestra and was slain by Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, a soldier in the Trojan War, who made Clytemnestra...
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locked case used to hold wine bottles
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• (n.) A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises. • (n.) A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he st...
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The lockable Tantalus was first seen in England around 1870. The word tantalus comes from the word tantalise.
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in Greek legend, son of Zeus or Tmolus (a ruler of Lydia) and Pluto (daughter of Cronus and Rhea) and the father of Niobe and Pelops. He was the king ... [1 related articles]
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a king who when invited to Zeus?s table offered his dismembered son Pelops for dinner. After Pelops was brought back to life, Tantalus was sentenced to sit in Tartarus below a tree whose fruit he couldn?t eat near a pool whose water receded when he tried to drink it.
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In Greek mythology, a king of Lydia, son of Zeus, and father of
Pelops and
Niobe. He offended the gods by divulg ...
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A lockable frame containing decanters usually made in wood or silver-plate. It was designed to prevent the servants and children of the household from tippling while the master was away. Its name was derived from the eponymous Greek mythological figure that was subjected to a particularly ingenious form of punishment in Hades that denied him the po...
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1. A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them. ... 2. <ornithology> A genus of...
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Decorative stand, case or box for cut-glass decanters, fashionable from the mid- 19thC until the Edwardian period in Britain. It is usually for two or three decanters, but can be for up to six. The decanters can only be removed by raising or lowering the overhead handle or bar which locks them in place. tapestry Handwoven fabric in which a design o …...
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Tan'ta·lus noun [ Latin , from Greek
Ta`ntalos .]
(Gr. Myth.) 1. A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches ...
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Tantalus was an evil man who invited the gods to a feast and served them his own son as food! As a punishment Tantalus was made to stand in a pool of water but whenever he tries to drink the water receds from him. Over his head are the branches of fruit trees but whenever he tries to eat fruit the branches move out of his reach. This myth gave us ...
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Tantalus is a genus of wading birds of the heron family.
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HMS Tantalus was a British T Class patrol type submarine of 1090 tons displacement launched in 1943. HMS Tantalus had a top speed of 15.25 knots surfaced and 9 knots submerged, carried a complement of 53 and was armed with one 4 inch dual-purpose gun; one 20 mm anti-aircraft gun; three machine-guns and about ten 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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[
n] - (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus
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noun (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it
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In Greek mythology, a king of Lydia, son of Zeus, and father of Pelops and Niobe. He offended the gods by divulging their secrets and serving them human flesh at a banquet. His crimes were punished in Tartarus (a part of the underworld for the wicked) by the provision of food and drink he could not reach. The word `tantalize` derives from...
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Cruel king; father of Pelops and Niobe; condemned in Tartarus to stand chin-deep in lake surrounded by fruit branches; as he tried to eat or drink, water or fruit always receded.
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