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GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE, SON OF ZEUS
Tantalos; Tántalos; Torment of Tantalus; Torment of tantalus; Tantalize; Τάνταλος

Tantalus         
·noun A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises.
II. Tantalus ·noun A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them.
tantalus         
['tant?l?s]
¦ noun Brit. a stand in which spirit decanters may be locked up though still visible.
Origin
from Tantalus (see tantalize).
Tantalus         
Tantalus ( ) was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his punishment in Tartarus: he was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink. He was also called Atys.

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Tantalus

Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος Tántalos) was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his punishment in Tartarus: he was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink. He was also called Atys.

He was the father of Pelops, Niobe and Broteas, and was a son of Zeus and the nymph Plouto. Thus, like other heroes in Greek mythology such as Theseus (his great-great-grandson) and the Dioskouroi, Tantalus had both a hidden, divine parent and a mortal one.

The Greeks used the proverb "Tantalean punishment" (Ancient Greek: Ταντάλειοι τιμωρίαι: Tantáleioi timōríai) in reference to those who have good things but are not permitted to enjoy them. His name and punishment are also the source of the English word tantalize, meaning to torment with the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.

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1. Brian Schatz, D–Tantalus–Makiki, the co–sponsor of a bill this year that would have prohibited the practice of altering the vegetation line.