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** The fate of King Pentheus. After he tried to ban the worship of Dionysus, his mother and aunts were driven mad in retaliation and later brutally dismembered him after he was lured out into the woods.
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** The fate of King Pentheus. After he tried to ban the worship of Dionysus, his mother and aunts were driven mad in retaliation and later brutally dismembered him after he was lured out into the woods.
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** There are also the circumstances surrounding his birth. When Hera found out that Zeus was having an affair with the mortal woman Semele, she tricked the woman into asking Zeus to reveal his true form to her. This resulted in Semele getting vaporized because she couldn't handle his true form and Zeus having to sew the unborn Dionysus into his thigh so that he could be born.
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** And then there's creatures like Scylla and, even worse, Charybdis, once beautiful women turned into [[EldritchAbomination eldritch]] things of pure horror. Scylla we at least know is horrifying to observe, looking like a giant, beautiful women from the waist up, with a scaled tail below, and the heads of six, rapid wolves snapping at her waist.
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** And then there's creatures like Scylla and, even worse, Charybdis, once beautiful women turned into [[EldritchAbomination eldritch]] things of pure horror. Scylla we at least know is horrifying to observe, looking like a giant, beautiful women from the waist up, with a scaled tail below, and the heads of six, rapid six rabid wolves snapping at her waist.
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** Lycaon, who served Zeus the flesh of his son to test his omnipotence. Zeus responded by turning him and his family into wolves.
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* Some of the bad guys whom Theseus defeated were known for their exceedingly barbaric cruelty:
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* Some of the bad guys evil men whom Theseus defeated were known for their exceedingly barbaric cruelty:cruelty- which Theseus paid back in full:
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** Phineas, son of Poseidon, was RandomlyGifted with the ability to perceive past and future. This access to knowledge threatened the gods so Zeus struck him blind and further punished him with starvation by being attacked by Harpies every time he tried to eat.
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** Phineas, son of Poseidon, was RandomlyGifted with the ability to perceive past and future. This access to knowledge threatened the gods so Zeus struck him blind and further punished him with starvation by being attacked by Harpies every time he tried to eat. It’s a good thing that Jason came along and, with the aid of the Argonauts, was able to kill the Harpies so Phineas could eat again- some depictions have him so starved that he’s horrifically thin.
** Lycaon, who served Zeus the flesh of his son to test his omnipotence. Zeus responded by turning him and his family into wolves.
** Lycaon, who served Zeus the flesh of his son to test his omnipotence. Zeus responded by turning him and his family into wolves.
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*** The whole reason Tantalus ended up the way he did; he was invited to a banquet on Mount Olympus and asked his father Zeus to allow him to bring back some ambrosia to share with his mortal friends. Zeus said no (most probably because ambrosia ''burns mortals to death''), so Tantalus left and sought to humiliate the Gods by revealing to the world that they're NotSoOmniscientAfterAll. How? By ''[[OffingTheOffspring killing his own son, Pelops]]'' and boiling his flesh in [[ImAHumanitarian the soup he planned on feeding to the Gods.]] The Gods all immediately figured it out [[MoralEventHorizon what he did]] (except Demeter, who was too busy mourning the loss of Persephone) and were [[EveryoneHasStandards absolutely horrified]]. Zeus pretty much [[LaserGuidedKarma incinerates Tantalus on the spot]] and then demands [[{{Seers}} the Fates]] to bring Pelops back to life to [[TheAtoner make up for what Tantalus did.]] And what's worse, they couldn't restore his whole body; Demeter had absentmindedly eaten one of his shoulder blades and Hephaestus had to make him a new one.
** Except ambrosia DOES NOT burn mortals to death - the blood of a god (ichor) does. The reason why Zeus doesn't share nectar and or ambrosia is not as important as Tantalus MURDERING HIS SON AND SERVING HIM UP FOR THE GODS TO EAT... besides there are other versions in which at least one of his crimes against the gods is sneaking a taste of said nectar/ambrosia in the first place (many retellings have him committing both crimes!).
** Except ambrosia DOES NOT burn mortals to death - the blood of a god (ichor) does. The reason why Zeus doesn't share nectar and or ambrosia is not as important as Tantalus MURDERING HIS SON AND SERVING HIM UP FOR THE GODS TO EAT... besides there are other versions in which at least one of his crimes against the gods is sneaking a taste of said nectar/ambrosia in the first place (many retellings have him committing both crimes!).
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*** The whole reason Tantalus ended up the way he did; he was invited to a banquet on Mount Olympus and asked his father Zeus to allow him to bring back some ambrosia to share with his mortal friends. Zeus said no (most probably because ambrosia ''burns mortals to death''), no, so Tantalus left and sought to humiliate the Gods by revealing to the world that they're NotSoOmniscientAfterAll. How? By ''[[OffingTheOffspring killing his own son, Pelops]]'' and boiling his flesh in [[ImAHumanitarian the soup he planned on feeding to the Gods.]] The Gods all immediately figured it out [[MoralEventHorizon what he did]] (except Demeter, who was too busy mourning the loss of Persephone) and were [[EveryoneHasStandards absolutely horrified]]. Zeus pretty much [[LaserGuidedKarma incinerates Tantalus on the spot]] and then demands [[{{Seers}} the Fates]] to bring Pelops back to life to [[TheAtoner make up for what Tantalus did.]] And what's worse, they couldn't restore his whole body; Demeter had absentmindedly eaten one of his shoulder blades and Hephaestus had to make him a new one.
** Except ambrosia DOES NOT burn mortals to death - the blood of a god (ichor) does. The reason why Zeus doesn't share nectar and or ambrosia is not as important as Tantalus MURDERING HIS SON AND SERVING HIM UP FOR THE GODS TO EAT... besides there are other versions in which at least one of his crimes against the gods is sneaking a taste of said nectar/ambrosia in the first place (many retellings have him committing both crimes!).one.
** Except ambrosia DOES NOT burn mortals to death - the blood of a god (ichor) does. The reason why Zeus doesn't share nectar and or ambrosia is not as important as Tantalus MURDERING HIS SON AND SERVING HIM UP FOR THE GODS TO EAT... besides there are other versions in which at least one of his crimes against the gods is sneaking a taste of said nectar/ambrosia in the first place (many retellings have him committing both crimes!).
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* When Lycurgus imprisoned the Maenads and in at least one version of the tale, attacked them, Dionysus drove him mad in retaliation. In this state of madness, Lycurgus murdered his own family.
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** The fate of King Pentheus. After he tried to ban the worship of Dionysus, his mother and aunts were driven mad in retaliation and later dismembered him after he was lured out into the woods.
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** The fate of King Pentheus. After he tried to ban the worship of Dionysus, his mother and aunts were driven mad in retaliation and later brutally dismembered him after he was lured out into the woods.woods.
* When Lycurgus imprisoned the Maenads and in at least one version of the tale, attacked them, Dionysus drove him mad in retaliation. In this state of madness, Lycurgus murdered his own family.
* When Lycurgus imprisoned the Maenads and in at least one version of the tale, attacked them, Dionysus drove him mad in retaliation. In this state of madness, Lycurgus murdered his own family.
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* Nowadays, Dionysus is mainly known as the god of wine and revelry. This also makes really hard to remember that he is also the god of madness and insanity who did not take kindly to anyone hurting his worshippers or even trying to ban his religion.
** The fate of King Pentheus. After he tried to ban the worship of Dionysus, his mother and aunts were driven mad in retaliation and later dismembered him after he was lured out into the woods.
** The fate of King Pentheus. After he tried to ban the worship of Dionysus, his mother and aunts were driven mad in retaliation and later dismembered him after he was lured out into the woods.
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** For the obvious question, "why isn't she taking her anger out on ''Zeus'', the one who is actually cheating on her?"... she tried. She tried organizing a coup against him but it failed. As punishment, Zeus tied her above the Gap (Chaos) in strong chains and with an anvil tied to her ankles, and used her ''for target practice''.
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** For the obvious question, "why isn't she taking her anger out on ''Zeus'', the one who is actually cheating on her?"... she tried.''tried''. She tried organizing a coup against him but it failed. As punishment, Zeus tied her above the Gap (Chaos) in strong chains and with an anvil tied to her ankles, and used her ''for target practice''.
