Tartarus

[tahr-ter-uhs]

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a sunless abyss, below Hades, in which Zeus imprisoned the Titans.

2. a place in Hades for the punishment of the wicked.

Tartarus

/ ˈtɑːtərəs /

noun

1. an abyss under Hades where the Titans were imprisoned

2. a part of Hades reserved for evildoers

3. the underworld; Hades

4. a primordial god who became the father of the monster Typhon

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tartarus¹

C16: from Latin, from Greek Tartaros, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

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As she fell, Annabeth thought about Hesiod, the old Greek poet who’d speculated it would take nine days to fall from earth to Tartarus.

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Tartarus and Erebus are sometimes two divisions of the underworld, Tartarus the deeper of the two, the prison of the Sons of Earth; Erebus where the dead pass as soon as they die.

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