TARTARUS  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the son of See also:

• AETHER, or ETHER (Gr. deli p, probably from caeca, I burn, though Plato in his Cratylus (410 B)

Aether and Gaea, See also:

• FATHER

father of Typhoeus and the giants . In the Iliad the word denotes an underground See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, as far below Hades as See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth isbelow See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven, in which those who rebelled against the will of See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus were confined . In later writers Tartarus is the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment of the wicked after See also:

• DEATH

death, and is used for the underworld generally . Cf . See also:

• ABYSS (Gr. as, privative, ,6u6QOs, bottom)

ABYSS .