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'tantalus'
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1.
(noun)
Tantalus
(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
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"tantalus."
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Definition of 'tantalus'
