You might imagine that some person who wanted to call him Talantatos (the most weighted down by misfortune), disguised the name by altering it into Tantalus;
Besterik gabe, badirudi norbaitek "sufrituena" (talantatos) deitu nahi izan diola, eta, ezkutatuz deituko balio bezala, haren ordez "Tantalos" esan. Horrelako izena eman dio horri ere, antza denez, ospearen halabeharrak.