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There was a man named Tantalus who cooked his children and fed them to the gods. His punishment was to stand in a lake with a grapevine hanging over his head. Whenever he bent down to drink, the water would recede, and whenever he stretched up to eat, the vine would move out of his reach. He was tantalized, which is why the word comes from his name.
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How was tantalize connected to Greek mythology?
by improving his work
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How is the word tantalize related to tantalus?
Tantalus was always tortured by food and water that was close to him but out of his grasp. Tantalize means to do what Tantalus had to suffer from.
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The word 'tantalize' is related to Tantalus, a character from mythology. He had tried to serve the gods food containing the body of his son. He was punished by being made to stand under a tree of fruit and never being able to eat it, and standing in a pool of water that receded whenever he tried to drink.
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Who was a king in Greek mythology who was condemned to stand up to his chin in a pool of water and beneath fruit-laden branches only to have the water or fruit go out of reach at each attempt?
That king was Tantalus.Tantalus is the root of the word tantalize
