Definition of Tarterus
Tartarus, a dark sunless waste in the nether deeps, as far below
earth as heaven is above it, into which Zeus hurled the Titans that
rebelled against him; the term was subsequently sometimes used to denote
the whole nether world and sometimes the place of punishment.
- Wikipedia
Tar"ta*rus (tär"t&adot;*rŭs), n.
[L., from Gr. Ta`rtaros.] (Class. Myth.) The
infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as
heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment
for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often
used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in
general.
Tar"ta*rus (tär"t&adot;*rŭs), n.
[L., from Gr. Ta`rtaros.] (Class. Myth.) The
infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as
heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment
for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often
used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in
general.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- In Greek paganism, a dark and gloomy part of the realm of Hades, reserved for the damned, the wicked, such as the Titans, etc.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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