CRIME & PUNISHMENT

SISYPHUS

• Crime- Sysyphus tattled on Zeus for carrying away Asopus' daughter
• Punishment- forced to forever roll a rock uphill and never make it
• Painting of Sisyphus by Titian in 1548-49

TANTALUS

• Crime- killed and boiled his son to serve to the gods
• Punishment- was sentenced to a pool in Hades where everytime he reached
• For food or water, it moved just out of his reach.
• Painting of Tantalus by Gioacchino Assereto in 1630's-1640's

IXION

• Crime- first he killed his father in-law, then bragged about sleeping
• With Zeus' wife Hera
• Punishment- bound eternally to a flaming spinning wheel
• Painting- Ixion on the Wheel by Amy Cruse in 1925

NIOBE

• Crime- tried ro deceive and defy the gods, wanted to be worshipped
• Punishment- all of her kids were killed and she turned into a stone wet with tears forever
• Painting of Niobe by Jacques-Louis David in 1772

THE DANAIDS

• Crime- 49/50 danaids killed their husbands on wedding night as told
• Hypermnestra did not kill her husband but was thrown into jail for trechery
• Punishment- the 49 were forced to get water from the river with jars that had holes
• So the water ran out and they had to do it again for eternity
• Painting of the Danaids by J.W. Waterhouse in 1906

SALMONEUS

• Crime- pretended to be Zeus
• Punishment- killed by Zeus with his thunderbolt
• Painting of The Chariot of Zeus by Alfred church in 1879

ANTIGONE

• Crime- buried her brother against orders
• Punishment- was put to death
• Painting of Antigone by Nikiphoros Lytras in 1865

MY OPINION

• I belive that the punishments given were reasonable due to the fact that
• They are gods and their punishments can be more brutal. Although these
• Punishments were quite unusual and most lasted for eternity which is torturous.