"Tantalus's punishment for his act, now a proverbial term for temptation without satisfaction (the source of the word tantalize), was to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches. Whenever he reached for the fruit, the branches raised his intended meal from his grasp. Whenever he bent down to get a drink, the water receded before he could get any."
None the more accurate
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