Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Tantalus.
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Tantalize
English tantalize means to torment with what stays just out of reach — the Pelopid king's underworld feast turned into an everyday verb.
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Tantalum
The element tantalum was named for Tantalus — a metal that, like his water and fruit, resists being taken, hard to extract from its ore.