Tartaros - Text References

Theogony

• line 119 - Tartaros was the third Immortal to come into existence
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• line 682 - The war between the Titans and the Olympians was so violent that the abode of Tartaros was shaken
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• line 721 - Kottos (Cottus) and Briareos and Gyes buried the Titans with boulders, bound them with chains and took them to Tartaros
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• line 725 - An anvil falling from the surface of the earth would take ten days to reach Tartaros
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• line 736 - The abode of Tartaros is so loathsome and dank that the gods abhor it; when a man enters the abode of Tartaros, it will take a full year before he reaches the floor
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• line 807 - The abode of Tartaros is so loathsome and dank that the gods abhor it
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• line 821 - With the aid of golden Aphrodite, Gaia (Earth) and Tartaros had a son, Typhoeus
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• line 851 - The fight between Zeus and Typhoeus shook the earth to the house of Hades and the abode of Tartaros
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• line 868 - Zeus hurled Typhoeus into Tartaros

Catalogues of Women and Eoiae

• fragment 91 - Zeus would have cast Apollon into Tartaros but Leto interceded and Apollon was punished by becoming a bondsman to a mortal

Shield of Herakles

• line 255 - The shield of Herakles had the image of the Fates sending men’s souls to Hades and chilly Tartaros

Hymn to Apollon

• line 336 - Leto prays to Gaia (Earth), Ouranos (Heavens) and Tartaros that her son (Apollon) will be wise and strong

Hymn to Hermes

• line 256 - Apollon threatens to hurl Hermes into Tartaros if his stolen cattle are not returned
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• line 374 - Hermes lies and tells Zeus that he did not steal Apollon’s cattle and that Apollon threatened to throw him into Tartaros for a crime he did not commit

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