Tartarus Definition

tärtər-əs
noun
The abysmal regions below Hades where the Titans were confined.
American Heritage
An infernal abyss below Hades, where Zeus hurls the rebel Titans, later a place of punishment for the wicked after death.
Webster's New World
An infernal region; hell.
American Heritage

Hades.

Webster's New World
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Origin of Tartarus

  • Latin from Greek Tartaros

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tartarus Sentence Examples

  • He is described as a grisly monster with a hundred dragons' heads, who was conquered and cast into Tartarus by Zeus.

  • It is to be distinguished from Tartarus, the place of punishment for the wicked.

  • These original gods were Tartarus, Gaia (earth), Eros (perhaps - also given as son of Ares and Aphrodite), Nyx (night) and Erebus.

  • In Hesiod (Theogony, 264) they are the three sons of Uranus and Gaea - Brontes, Steropes and Arges, - storm-gods belonging to the family of the Titans, who furnished Zeus with thunder and lightning out of gratitude for his having released them from Tartarus.

  • In later writers Tartarus is the place of punishment of the wicked after death, and is used for the underworld generally.

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