>>18331137• Homer’s Tantalus
† Luke’s Rich Man
• During his lifetime Tantalus was wealthy and wicked.
† A rich man failed to care for the poor man at the gate to his home.
• In Homer the “angel” Hermes often escorted the souls of the dead to Hades.
† After Lazarus died he “was brought by the angels to the bosom of Abraham.”
• After he died, Tantalus went to Tartarus, a place of torment, and the fiery river “Blazing-with-Fire.”
† After the rich man died, he was tortured in Hades with fire.
• Although he was standing in water, he never was able to drink it.
† He could see Lazarus dining with Abraham, but no one was able to give him as much as a drop of water.
