Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
Tantalus is excess and its punishment in one figure. Invited to eat at the table of the gods, this favored king dared to test them. His sentence was refined: to see what he wants right in front of him, and never be able to take it.
The myth has passed into language, into psychology and even into chemistry. To suffer the torment of Tantalus is still the name we give to absolute frustration.
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- 2A king too close to the gods
- 3The water that drains, the fruit that lifts away
- 4From myth to the periodic table
- 5Frustration turned into a symbol
Open-book quiz8 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary11 terms explained in a tap.
30 languagesThe same course, from French to Japanese.
