Infernal Beings — Minor Figures

3 figures from The Metamorphoses of Ovid who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Tantalus

punished soul · first appears Fable 44

Fable 44 · parent: Jupiter “He was the son of Jupiter, by the Nymph Plote.”
Fable 44 · child: Pelops “while others relate, that at an entertainment which he gave to the Deities, he caused his own son, Pelops, to be served up,”

three-headed dog · first appears Fable 83

Fable 83 · with Hercules “There was a story among the ancients, that when Cerberus was dragged by Hercules from the Infernal Regions, a certain man, through fear of Hercules, hid himself in a cave; and that on peeping out, and beholding Cerberus, he was changed into a stone by his fright.”

punished soul · first appears Fable 44

Fable 44 · parent: Æolus “Sisyphus, the son of Æolus, was a daring robber, who infested Attica.”
Fable 44 · with Theseus “He was slain by Theseus; and being sent to the infernal regions, was condemned to the punishment of rolling a great stone to the top of a mountain”

Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.