Tantalus (disambiguation)

Tantalus is a Greek mythological figure who is bound in a pool of water in Tartarus, forever thirsty but never able to drink.

Tantalus may also refer to:

People and characters

 * Tantalus (mythology), several mythological characters named Tantalus, including:
 * Tantalus, son of Thyestes, killed, along with his brother Pleisthenes, by his uncle Atreus, father of Agamemnon

Places

 * 2102 Tantalus, an asteroid
 * Mount Tantalus, southwestern British Columbia, Canada
 * Tantalus Bluffs, Dufek Coast, Antarctica
 * Tantalus Formation, a Mesozoic geologic formation
 * Tantalus (Oahu), a peak on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu
 * Tantalus Peak, Victoria Land, Antarctica
 * Tantalus Range, a mountain range in southwestern British Columbia

Fictional locations

 * Tantalus, a prison colony in the 1966 Star Trek episode "Dagger of the Mind"

Animals

 * Abisara tantalus, a butterfly of the family Riodinidae
 * Aellopos tantalus, a moth of the family Sphingidae
 * Lepidochrysops tantalus, a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae
 * Mecyclothorax tantalus, a ground beetle of the family Carabidae
 * Tantalus monkey (Chlorocebus tantalus), a species endemic to Ghana, Sudan, and Kenya

Narratives

 * "The Torment of Tantalus" (Stargate SG-1), a 1997 TV series episode
 * Tantalus, A 1999 play written by John Barton and directed by Peter Hall

Transportation and vehicles

 * USS Tantalus (ARL-27), a United States Navy landing craft repair ship of World War II
 * HMS Tantalus (P318), a British T-class submarine of World War II

Other uses

 * Tantalus (cabinet), a cabinet for displaying decanters but securing their contents
 * Tantalus Media, an Australian video game development studio