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Tantalus
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Tan·ta·lus  (tnt-ls)
n. Greek Mythology
A king who for his crimes was condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink, and with fruit hanging above him that receded when he reached for it.
[Latin, from Greek Tantalos; see tel- in Indo-European roots.]
tantalus
Noun
Brit a case in which bottles of wine and spirits may be locked with their contents tantalizingly visible
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Noun1.TantalusTantalus - (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
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks


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