person
Tantalus
also: Τάνταλος
A shade punished in the underworld, standing in a pool of water that recedes when he stoops to drink, under fruit trees whose branches lift away when he reaches for them — the origin of 'tantalize.'
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §11.566 Tantalus
Punished with water and fruit that recede whenever he reaches for them — the source of the English word 'tantalize.'