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Tmolus (father of Tantalus)

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In Greek mythology, Tmolus ((Τμῶλος, Tmōlos) is a mythical Greek king of Lydia and father of Tantalus by Pluto, daughter of Cronus or Himantes. He is most likely the same Tmolus, the son of Ares and Theogone, who is referenced to a scholion by Euripides.  However in most versions, the father of Tantalus was Zeus himself.

Bell
s.v. Pluto 1
 * was a daughter of Cronus or Himantes (also called Mimas[?] but thought to be a surname of Atlas). She slept with Zeus and became the mother of Tantalus. Some said his father was Tmolus, a Lydian king. If so, this could not be the same Tmolus who was married to Omphale, since his grandson Pelops would need to be contemporary with Perseus, instead of five generations later as in the latter case.

Gantz
p. 536
 * Before concluding this section, we should consider also Tantalos' parentage and wife. Our earliest information on the first of these points is Euripides, where Tantalos is a son of Zeus (Or 5); later sources all agree on that much, save for the scholion to this same passage, which names Tmolos as the father. The mother [of Tantalus] seems, however, on all occasions when she is named, to be one Plouto (Paus 2.22.3; Σ Od 11.582; Σ Or 4; Fab 82, 155; Nonnos 7.119 [union with Zeus only]) Hyginus calls her a daughter of Himas (Fab 155), but we know nothing else about her.