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HADES
God of the Underworld; King of the Dead; Has a helmet of invisibility
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PERSEPHONE
Wife & niece of Hades; Daughter of Demeter
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POMEGRANATE
Persephone ate the seeds of this fruit while in the Underworld
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TARTARUS
Section of the Underworld where sinners were punished
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EREBUS
Entry to the Underworld where most people wandered aimlessly
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EYSIUM
the abode of the blessed (such as heroes) after death in classical mythology
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ACHERON
River of Woe
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LETHE
River of Forgetfulness
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CERBERUS
3-headed dog that guards the gates to the Underworld
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CHARON
Ferries the souls in the Underworld; Money is put on the lips of the dead to pay his toll
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FURIES
Women who punish evildoers in the Underworld; Pursues sinners of Earth
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TANTALUS
Boiled his son and fed him to the gods; Punished in the Underworld with constant hunger and thirst
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SISYPHUS
Aided in Hera catching Zeus with a mistress; Punished by pushing a boulder up a hill for eternity
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ORPHEUS
Musician who journeys to the Underworld to retrieve his dead bride
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EURYDICE
Killed on her wedding day when she is bitten by a snake; She is swept into the Underworld when her husband looks back at her
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ASPHODEL
where indifferent and ordinary souls were sent to live after death in the Underworld
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IXION
sentenced to the underworld for trying to seduce Hera, tied to a flaming wheel
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STYX
River of unbreakable oath that formed the barrier between the living and the dead
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HORN
True dreams pass through a gate made of this material
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IVORY
False dreams pass through a gate made of this material
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DEATH
Brother of Sleep; they both live in the lower part of the Underworld
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DANAIDES
50 sisters who all killed their husbandS; their punishment was to pour water for eternity
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HYPNOS
God of sleep
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THANATOS
Death personified
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MORPHEUS
God of dreams
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NYX
Goddess of night
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HECATE
Goddess of magic, crossroads and ghosts
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WEALTH
In addition to being god of the Underworld, Hades is also god of this
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PLUTO
Roman name for Hades
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PROSERPINE
Roman name for Persephone
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DEMETER
Mother of Persephone; mourns her loss
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SEASONS
The myth of Persephone explains this natural phenomenon
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