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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tartarus  \Tar"ta*rus\,  n.  [L.,  from  Gr  ?.]  (Class.  Myth.) 
  The  infernal  regions,  described  in  the  Iliad  as  situated  as 
  far  below  Hades  as  heaven  is  above  the  earth,  and  by  later 
  writers  as  the  place  of  punishment  for  the  spirits  of  the 
  wicked.  By  the  later  poets,  also  the  name  is  often  used 
  synonymously  with  Hades,  or  the  Lower  World  in  general. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Tartarus 
  n  :  a  place  where  the  wicked  are  punished  after  death  [syn:  {Gehenna}, 
  {Tartarus}] 




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