\b0 The extremely rich king of Sipylos, near \b \cf4 \ATXht11912 Smyrna\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , he is supposed to have been the s
on of \b \cf4 \ATXht8 Zeus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and the nymph \b \cf4 \ATXht11627 Pluto\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , as well as the husband of \b \cf4 \ATXht10409 Dione\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and father of \b \cf4 \ATXht11408 Niobe\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and \b \cf4 \ATXht11612 Pe
lops\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . Cast into the \b \cf4 \ATXht12101 Underworld\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 for having offended the gods by offering the young Pelops to them as a dish, he was condemned to eternal hunger and thirst or, according to other authors, placed under a
n enormous stone, always teetering on the brink of falling.\par
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\b \i \cf4 \ATXht1062 The Myth of Tantalus\b0 \i0 \cf0 \ATXht0