Τάνταλος
Δούλου γὰρ οὐδὲν χεῖρον οὐδὲ τοῦ καλοῦ → Res nulla servo peior est, etiam bono → Ein Sklave ist das schlechteste, selbst wenn er gut
English (LSJ)
ὁ, Tantalus, ancestor of the Pelopidae, Od.11.582, etc.;
A ξυνῆκα γὰρ τοὺς Ταντάλου κήπους τρυγῶν Com.Adesp.530:— Adj. Ταντάλ-ειος, α, ον, also ος, ον (v. infr.), of or belonging to T., οἱ Τ. ἔκγονοι the descendants of T., E.El.1176; Πέλοψ ὁ Τ. Id.IT1, cf. 988, etc.; τιμωρία Ταντάλειος Poet. ap. Plb.4.45.6, cf. Ph.1.512; Τ. δίκας ὑποφέρειν Luc.Am.53; also Ταντᾰλ-εος, α, ον, AP5.235 (Paul. Sil.); Ταντᾰλ-ικός, ή, όν, Man.5.187: Τανταλίδης, ου, ὁ,
A descendant of Tantalus, A.Ag.1469 (pl., lyr.):Τανταλίς, ίδος,
A daughter of T., i.e. Niobe, APl.4.134 (Mel.), cf. 131 (Antip.). (Derived by Pl. from ταλάντατος in reference to his endurance of torment, or from ταλαντεία (τανταλεία codd.) in reference to the story of the rock balanced and tottering over his head, Cra.395e; by others from his proverbial wealth, τὰ Ταντάλου τάλαντ' ἐκεῖνα Men.301.6; cf. τανταλίζω.)
