Galaxy/The codex of Tantalus

An infant son of Thyestes named after his infamous great-grandfather. According to Hyginus, he was murdered and served to his father at the horrific banquet of Atreus.1

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Atreus took vengeance on Thyestes by butchering his infant sons, Tantalus and Plisthenes. He roasted their flesh and fed it to Thyestes at a feast of supposed reconciliation.2

the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story

BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Tantalus — art, artifacts and echoes.

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