Tartarus
noun, Classical Mythology.
1.
a sunless abyss, below Hades, in which Zeus imprisoned the Titans.
2.
a place in Hades for the punishment of the wicked.
noun (Greek myth)
1.
an abyss under Hades where the Titans were imprisoned
2.
a part of Hades reserved for evildoers
3.
the underworld; Hades
4.
a primordial god who became the father of the monster Typhon
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