CLST 2090 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: The Wooden Horse, Scheria, Laestrygonians
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Tantalus was a human who partied with the gods, which was not unheard of, and he was favored by zeus. Greeks thought that the gods did not eat and drink the same things they did the gods ate refined foods, namely ambrosia and drank nectar and would not eat regular food. Ta(cid:374)talus did(cid:374)"t (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e that gods o(cid:374)l(cid:455) ate refi(cid:374)ed foods, so he tried to test it. He killed pelops, his son, chopped him up into bite-sized pieces, and fed him to the gods. It did(cid:374)"t (cid:449)ork the gods noticed i(cid:373)(cid:373)ediatel(cid:455) a(cid:374)d pu(cid:374)ished hi(cid:373) (cid:271)(cid:455) se(cid:374)di(cid:374)g hi(cid:373) do(cid:449)(cid:374) to tartarus, (cid:449)here he"ll forever be hungry and thirsty. Most humans go to the same underworld when they die, but if you offend the gods, such as tantalus did, you may get sent to tartarus. Another example is sisyphus, who is punished by having to try to push a rock uphill for eternity.
