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Tantalus, n.

(Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it
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Tantalus

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tantalize tantalise

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Greek mythology

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mythical being