Tantalus
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In greek myth, Tantalus was the father of Icarus, whom he cut up and served to the Greek gods at a feast. In punishment, the gods sent him to Hell, where he was always up to his waist in water and just out of reach of some delicious-looking grapes. From this myth we get the word tantalizing, and also one of Aesop's Fables.