Aeneid has Salmoneus placed in Tartarus after Zeus smites him where he is subjected to eternal torment.

Inspiration

According to Frazer, the early Greek kings, who were expected to produce rain for the benefit of the crops, were in the habit of imitating thunder and lightning in the character of Zeus. At Crannon in Thessaly, there was a bronze chariot which in time of drought was shaken

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