Tantalus
tempted by something can't get
dined w/ gods
fed them human flesh to embarrass them
cuts up his own son, boils him, feeds him to the gods
demeter was thinking about persephone's kidnapping ate his shoulder
punished him severely
pool of water/fruit on limbs of trees
wind blows away

Pelops
new shoulder out of ivory
wanted to marry Hippodamia
horse race to see who'd be her husband
Hippodamia either wanted to end game or fell in love w/ pelops
myrtilus charioteer
removed wheel axels
pelops won race, married her
myrtilus doesn't get H so he tries to rape her
Pelops throws him off a cliff

Niobe
husband of Amphion - music
brother Zethus - strength
fortify thebes
music moved rocks
niobe wanted to be worshipped
had 14 children vs leto's 2
hubris
artemis and apollo come down and shoot all 7 daughters and 7 sons
niobe is consumed w/ grief -> cries and cries -> turns to stone
still a rock today?

Variations
2 children spared
apollo killed 7 sons
artemis 7 daughters
suppliant still killed bc arrow already flying
no one to bury children after 10 days bc all ppl of thebes turned to stone by zeus

Theme
cannibalism
hubris

curse on the house of atreus