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S2E5 - Ancient Greece's Most Wanted

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

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The Gods Underestimated the Situation

Tantalus wanted to prove that being a god wasn't anything special, and he had a plan. Tantalus killed Pilops and fed his own son to Zeus. All of the gods were outraged at Tantalus' sick and twisted behavior. He was immediately executed by Zeus. But even that wasn't considered enough punishment. It will take humans a long time to learn how to make prosthetics for themselves. This occurred at the beginning of the 16th century.

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