Punishment of Io. Transformed to cow with gadfly ceaselessly pursuing

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Punishment of Io. Transformed to cow with gadfly ceaselessly pursuing.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Tedious punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q501.6

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Filed under Unremitting torture as punishment.

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Punishment of Sisyphus. Must keep rolling a great stone up hill. It continually falls down Punishment of Tantalus. Stands in a pool that ever recedes from his thirsty lips; branches of fruit spring away from him; stone over his head continually threatens to fall Punishment of Loki. A serpent above him continually drops venom in his face Punishment of Prometheus. Chained to a mountain with eagle preying on his vitals, which are restored nightly. (Punishment for theft of fire.)Punishment of Ixion. Lashed to a wheel which revolves continually Unremittent thirst as punishment Ceaseless humming (singing) as punishment for immoderate request. (Cf. Q338.)Spirit in hell must bathe people endlessly. (Cf. Q578.)

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