Tantalus (disambiguation)
Appearance
Tantalus is a Greek mythological figure who is bound in a pool of water in Tartarus, forever thirsty but never able to drink.
Tantalus may also refer to:
People and characters
[edit]- Tantalus (mythology), several mythological characters named Tantalus, including:
- Tantalus, son of Thyestes, killed, along with his brother Pleisthenes, by his uncle Atreus, father of Agamemnon
Places
[edit]- 2102 Tantalus, an asteroid
- Mount Tantalus, southwestern British Columbia, Canada
- Tantalus Bluffs, Dufek Coast, Antarctica
- Tantalus Formation, a Mesozoic geologic formation
- Tantalus (Oahu), a peak on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu
- Tantalus Peak, Victoria Land, Antarctica
- Tantalus Range, a mountain range in southwestern British Columbia
Fictional locations
[edit]- Tantalus, a prison colony in the 1966 Star Trek episode "Dagger of the Mind"
Animals
[edit]- Abisara tantalus, a butterfly of the family Riodinidae
- Aellopos tantalus, a moth of the family Sphingidae
- Lepidochrysops tantalus, a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae
- Mecyclothorax tantalus, a ground beetle of the family Carabidae
- Tantalus monkey (Chlorocebus tantalus), a species endemic to Ghana, Sudan, and Kenya
Narratives
[edit]- "The Torment of Tantalus" (Stargate SG-1), a 1997 TV series episode
- Tantalus, A 1999 play written by John Barton and directed by Peter Hall
Transportation and vehicles
[edit]- USS Tantalus (ARL-27), a United States Navy landing craft repair ship of World War II
- HMS Tantalus (P318), a British T-class submarine of World War II
Other uses
[edit]- Tantalus (cabinet), a cabinet for displaying decanters but securing their contents
- Tantalus Media, an Australian video game development studio
See also
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- All pages with titles beginning with Tantalus
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- Tantalum (element "Ta"), a metallic element
- Tantalis
- Tantalize (disambiguation)