Borges Center at the University of Pittsburgh Borges Center at the University of Pittsburgh

Hispanic Languages and Literature

Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana

Tártaro

Index: El inmortal. Lugones, Herrera, Cartago, Leopoldo Lugones, OCC,Obras completas en colaboración. Buenos Aires: Emecé, 1979. 504. La Transmigración, Qué es el budismo, OCC,Obras completas en colaboración. Buenos Aires: Emecé, 1979. 740.
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Tartarus, lowest region of the underworld in Greek mythology

Fishburn and Hughes: "In classical mythology an abyss below Hades where the Titans were imprisoned by Zeus. Later it became a general term for the underworld." (192)