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HADES

God of the Underworld; King of the Dead; Has a helmet of invisibility

PERSEPHONE

Wife & niece of Hades; Daughter of Demeter

POMEGRANATE

Persephone ate the seeds of this fruit while in the Underworld

TARTARUS

Section of the Underworld where sinners were punished

EREBUS

Entry to the Underworld where most people wandered aimlessly

EYSIUM

the abode of the blessed (such as heroes) after death in classical mythology

ACHERON

River of Woe

LETHE

River of Forgetfulness

CERBERUS

3-headed dog that guards the gates to the Underworld

CHARON

Ferries the souls in the Underworld; Money is put on the lips of the dead to pay his toll

FURIES

Women who punish evildoers in the Underworld; Pursues sinners of Earth

TANTALUS

Boiled his son and fed him to the gods; Punished in the Underworld with constant hunger and thirst

SISYPHUS

Aided in Hera catching Zeus with a mistress; Punished by pushing a boulder up a hill for eternity

ORPHEUS

Musician who journeys to the Underworld to retrieve his dead bride

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

ASPHODEL

where indifferent and ordinary souls were sent to live after death in the Underworld

IXION

sentenced to the underworld for trying to seduce Hera, tied to a flaming wheel

STYX

River of unbreakable oath that formed the barrier between the living and the dead

HORN

True dreams pass through a gate made of this material

IVORY

False dreams pass through a gate made of this material

DEATH

Brother of Sleep; they both live in the lower part of the Underworld

DANAIDES

50 sisters who all killed their husbandS; their punishment was to pour water for eternity

HYPNOS

God of sleep

THANATOS

Death personified

MORPHEUS

God of dreams

NYX

Goddess of night

HECATE

Goddess of magic, crossroads and ghosts

WEALTH

In addition to being god of the Underworld, Hades is also god of this

PLUTO

Roman name for Hades

PROSERPINE

Roman name for Persephone

DEMETER

Mother of Persephone; mourns her loss

SEASONS

The myth of Persephone explains this natural phenomenon