place
Tartarus
The deepest pit of the underworld, prison of the damned and of the bound Titans.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §1 Tartarus
The deep prison-pit of the underworld where the great sinners are punished.
- Hercules (Mad) §723 a dark recess of Tartarus
Tartarus, the deepest underworld, where Dis's palace stands girt by its rivers.
- Octavia §228 gloomy Tartarus
The deepest pit of the underworld, place of punishment; named as the antithesis of the bright sky.
- Phaedra §833 Tartarus
The deepest pit of the underworld, from which Hercules dragged Cerberus.
- The Phoenician Women §141 Tartarus
The deepest pit of the underworld and place of punishment, below which Oedipus longs to be buried.
- Thyestes §1006 below Tartarus
Tartarus, the deepest pit of the underworld, below even the dead.