Tartarus

[tɑ:tәrәs]

Definition

(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.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Hades, Erebus, Hell, the lower world, the infernal regions, shades below.

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Definition

n. the lower world generally but esp. the place of punishment for the wicked according to Homer a deep and sunless abyss as far below Hades as earth is below heaven and closed in by iron gates—(Shak.) Tar′tar: (Spens.) Tar′tary.—adj. Tartā′rean.

Editor: Manuel