Tartarus
Tartar is the Latin form of the Greek Tartaros , designation of a portion of the lower world.
Tartarus also indicates :
- Tartarus (genus) , a genus from the order of the weaving spiders
- HMS Tartarus , the name of three ships in the Royal Navy
- Tartaro-Canalbianco , a river in Italy, called Tartarus in Roman times
- Tartarus (Düsseldorf) , a student union at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1885 to 1892
- earlier tartar , as Tartarus stibiatus the emetic tartar potassium antimonyl tartrate
Fictional places named Tartarus are:
- a planet in the computer game Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
- a planet in the television series Stargate - Command SG-1
- a tower as the main location of the video game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
- a landscape in the video game Tales of the Abyss
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