Crossword-Solution: TARTARUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tartarus | n. | The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general. |
We have 18 clues for the answer “TARTARUS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| A part of the underworld where the wicked were punished | 1 answer |
| The infernal regions. | 1 answer |
| TITAN rebels, place of punishment for | 1 answer |
| Regions below Hades | 1 answer |
| Region below Hades, in Greek myth | 1 answer |
| Hades of Greek myth. | 1 answer |
| Abyss below Hades | 1 answer |
| Abyss above hades | 1 answer |
| Place of punishment. | 2 answers |
| SUBTERRANEAN world | 3 answers |
| Low ground | 4 answers |
| Infernal regions | 4 answers |
| lower world | 5 answers |
| Nether world. | 7 answers |
| underworld | 18 answers |
| Hades | 24 answers |
| Abyss | 36 answers |
| hell | 62 answers |
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Sentences with TARTARUS (5)
Goe _Michael_ of Celestial Armies Prince, And thou in Military prowess next _Gabriel_, lead forth to Battel these my Sons Invincible, lead forth my armed Saints By Thousands and by Millions rang’d for fight; Equal in number to that Godless crew Rebellious, them with Fire and hostile Arms Fearless assault, and to the brow of Heav’n Pursuing drive them out from God and bliss, Into thir place of punishment, the Gulf Of _Tartarus_, which ready opens wide His fiery _Chaos_ to receave thir fall.
For thy master orders thus, The son of earth and Tartarus; In his den the monster keep, Giver of eternal sleep.
The boundless sea rang terribly around, and the earth crashed loudly: wide Heaven was shaken and groaned, and high Olympus reeled from its foundation under the charge of the undying gods, and a heavy quaking reached dim Tartarus and the deep sound of their feet in the fearful onset and of their hard missiles.
But hereby we apprehend that these were not the bones of persons planet-struck or burnt with fire from heaven; no relicks of traitors to their country, self-killers, or sacrilegious malefactors; persons in old apprehension unworthy of the earth; condemned unto the Tartarus of hell, and bottomless pit of Pluto, from whence there was no redemption.
Elysian meads and deeps of Tartarus In paths diverse the Roman chieftains leave And thus disclose the fates.
Quotes with TARTARUS (3)
Life has moments that feel as if the sun has blackened to tar and the entire world turned to ice. It feels as if Hades and his vile demons have risen from the depths of Tartarus solely for the purpose of banding to personally torture you, and that their genuine intent of mental, emotional, and spiritual anguish is tearing you to shreds. Your heart weighs as heavily as leaden legs which you would drag yourself forward with if not for the quicksand that pulls you down inch by i…
Seeing them assembled in Tartarus, Percy felt as hopeless as the spirits in the River Cocytus. So what if he was a hero? So what if he did something brave? Evil was always here, regenerating, bubbling under the surface. Percy was no more than a minor annoyance to these immortal beings. They just had to outwait him. Someday, Percy's sons or daughters might have to face them all over again.
The Greeks were more preoccupied with, where these ousted gods resided. That is: The fallen son's of God could go where humans were, but humans could not go where they were. According to Greek mythology, Tartarus was an imposed condition for bad gods--not bad humans. (page 10)
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, NYT.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1961–2006).