TARTARUS
Tartaros (Τάρταρος) · Roman Tartarus
primordialthe abyss · imprisonment · the deep underworld
In Greek mythology, Tartarus is the deep abyss that is used as a dungeon of torment and suffering for the wicked and as the prison for the Titans. Tartarus is the place where, according to Plato's Gorgias, souls are judged after death and where the wicked received divine punishment. Tartarus appears in early Greek cosmology, such as in Hesiod's Theogony, where the personified Tartarus is described as one of the earliest beings to exist, alongside Chaos and Gaia (Earth).
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AT A GLANCE
Greek nameTartaros (Τάρταρος)
Roman nameTartarus
Typeprimordial
Domainsthe abyss · imprisonment · the deep underworld
EtymologyPre-Greek; the pit beneath the world bears its own untraceable name.
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