Meaning of TARTARUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'târturus
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| | Definition: | | [n] a place where the wicked are punished after death |
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| | Synonyms: | | Gehenna |
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| | See Also: | | Hell, infernal region, Inferno, nether region, perdition, the pit | |
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| | Definition: | | \Tar"ta*rus\, n. [L., from Gr. ?.] (Class. Myth.)
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.
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