Tartarus. 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 is also considered to be a primordial force or deity alongside entities such as the Earth, Night and Time.
Greek underworld Residents Aeacus. Angelos.
Arae. Ascalaphus.
Cerberus. Ceuthonymus. Charon. Erinyes. Eurynomos. Hades / Pluto. Hecate. Hypnos. Macaria. Melinoe. Menoetius. Minos. Moirai. Mormolykeia. Persephone. Rhadamanthus. Thanatos. Geography Acheron. Asphodel Fields. Cocytus. Elysium. Erebus. Lethe. Phlegethon. Styx. Tartarus. Famous Tartarus inmates The Danaides. Ixion. Salmoneus. Sisyphus. Tantalus. The Titans. Tityus. Visitors Aeneas. Dionysus. Heracles. Hermes. Odysseus. Orpheus. Pirithous. Psyche. Theseus. v. t. e. In Greek mythology, Tartarus is both a deity and a place in the underworld. In ancient Orphic sources and in the mystery schools, Tartarus is also the unbounded first-existing entity from which the Light and the cosmos are born. In the Greek poet Hesiod's Theogony, c. 700 BC, Tartarus was the third of the primordial deities, following after Chaos and Gaia, and preceding Eros, and was the father, by Gaia, of the monster Typhon. According to Hyginus, Tartarus was the
Tartarus is the place where, according to Plato's Gorgias, souls are judged after death and where the wicked received divine punishment. Tartarus is also considered to be a primordial force or deity alongside entities such as the Earth, Night and Time.
Greek underworld Residents Aeacus. Angelos.
Arae. Ascalaphus.
Cerberus. Ceuthonymus. Charon. Erinyes. Eurynomos. Hades / Pluto. Hecate. Hypnos. Macaria. Melinoe. Menoetius. Minos. Moirai. Mormolykeia. Persephone. Rhadamanthus. Thanatos. Geography Acheron. Asphodel Fields. Cocytus. Elysium. Erebus. Lethe. Phlegethon. Styx. Tartarus. Famous Tartarus inmates The Danaides. Ixion. Salmoneus. Sisyphus. Tantalus. The Titans. Tityus. Visitors Aeneas. Dionysus. Heracles. Hermes. Odysseus. Orpheus. Pirithous. Psyche. Theseus. v. t. e. In Greek mythology, Tartarus is both a deity and a place in the underworld. In ancient Orphic sources and in the mystery schools, Tartarus is also the unbounded first-existing entity from which the Light and the cosmos are born. In the Greek poet Hesiod's Theogony, c. 700 BC, Tartarus was the third of the primordial deities, following after Chaos and Gaia, and preceding Eros, and was the father, by Gaia, of the monster Typhon. According to Hyginus, Tartarus was the
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