Tantalus


 

Tantalus was the son of Zeus and the Titan Pluto. Tantalus became immortal by conversing and dining with the Gods. He betrayed them by sharing their food and their secrets with his friends. As punishment, he was placed in water that was up to his chin that he could never drink in a place where there was fruit dangling above his head that he could never reach.


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