Tartarus Tartarus In Greek mythology, Tartarus (; , "Tartaros") is the deep abyss that is used as a dungeon of torment and suffering for the wicked and as the prison for the Titans. Tartarus is the place where, according to Plato's "Gorgias" (c. 400 BC), souls are judged after death and where the wicked received divine punishment. Like other primal entities (such as the Earth, Night and Time), Tartarus is also considered to be a primordial force or deity. In Greek mythology, Tartarus is both a deity and a place in the underworld. In ancient Orphic sources and in the mystery
The Kingdom of the Wicked The Kingdom of the Wicked The Kingdom of the Wicked is a 1985 historical novel by Anthony Burgess. Like two of his earlier works, the long narrative poem "" and the novel "Man of Nazareth" (together these books make up what has been referred to as his biblical or religious trilogy), Burgess wrote "The Kingdom of the Wicked" in part as preparation for a screenplay; in this case for the television series "A.D." The story of the birth of Christianity and its interaction with the Roman Empire is told largely chronologically by a narrator slowly succumbing to disease during the