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ship surrounded by saltwater water water everywhere but not any drop to drink because it's just Out Of Reach it's too salty for consumption and that's achallenge the word tantalize is also in its roots related to water Tantalus wasa Greek figure who misbehaved and was punished by the Greek gods given Eternal thirst and put of a pond put in a pond
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1. A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them.