Meaning of Tartarus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A dark and gloomy part of the realm of Hades, reserved for the damned and the wicked, such as the Titans; an equivalent of hell in Greek and Roman mythology.
   Greek, Roman
2. Any hellish place; a dark gloomy chasm or pit.
   figuratively

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Examples

“[…] them with Fire and hoſtile Arms / Fearleſs aſſault, and to the brow of Heav'n / Purſuing, drive⟳ them out from God and bliſs, / Into thir place⟳ of puniſhment, the Gulf / Of Tartarus, which ready opens wide / His fiery Chaos to receave thir fall⟳.”

“We lay⟳ there hour after hour in terror and misery of mind⟳ so deep that I will not attempt⟳ to describe⟳ it, and listened to the wild storm-voices of that Tartarus, as, set⟳ to the deep undertone of the spur opposite against which the wind hummed like⟳ some awful harp, they called to each other from precipice to precipice.”

“After arranging a rendezvous, we separate⟳. Mattie and Liz go off in one direction, and Em and I in another. From this our progress⟳ seems like⟳ a descent into Tartarus. Em pauses before a miserable-looking saloon, pushes open⟳ the low, swinging door, and we go in.”

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