Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, Levi W · Chicago, Western Publishing House; New York, Standard Publishing House; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 554
los, they said, lay prisoned in a beautiful garden,gazing on bright flowers and glistening fruits and laughingwaters, out for all that his tongue was parched, and his limbs TANTALOS. 537 were faint with hunger. No drop of water might cool his lips,no luscious fruit might soothe his agon3\ If he… … ANCIENT SCUI.PTUKINO ON TANTAI.OS. among green leaves, a mighty rock beetled above his licad, asthough it must fall and grind him to powder. Wherefore mensay, when the cup of pleasure is dashed from the lips of thosewho would drink of it, that on them has fallen the doom of thePhrygian Tantalos.…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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