The Journey into the Underworld What mortals journey into the Underworld and survive?

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The Journey into the Underworld What mortals journey into the Underworld and survive?

Acheron The river of woe, sadness, or affliction Son of Gaea but quenched the thirst of the Titans during the Titan/Olympian war, and Zeus threw him into the underworld to become its first river.

Charon the Ferry Operator

Obolus: the coin of payment

Erebus: The Vestibule This is a place of limbo where all the dead had to pass.

Erebus, Tartarus and the Elysium Fields

The Judges – All sons of Zeus Aeacus: Judged the Europeans Former King of Agenia Mother Agenia Rhadamanthus Judged the Asia Brother of Minos; Abodes in Elysium; Mother Europa Mother Europa Minos: Judged the difficult cases Final Decision; King of Crete Mother Europa

The Soul was a pale reflection of its former self Which judge of souls lived the same in the underworld as on earth?

Cocytus: The River of Lamentation or wailing Who will you run into on this into on thisriver?

The Fates If the thread is not cut then the person is not dead!

The Fate Sisters Where in the movie Clash of the Titans do you see these women?

The Furies: Pursue sinners on earth but lived in the underworld Serpents in their hair blood dripping from their eyes!

Nemesis Spirit of Just Punishment Goddess of Retribution Sister to the Fates Divine arbiter of justice: Just Rewards!

Hecate Queen of the Dead

The River Styx: Nine Loops that surround the underworld Styx was the daughter of the Titans and helped the Olympians in the war so she became the river of gods. became the river of gods. If a god swore by her, the oath was irrevocable.

Tartarus: Land of Punishment Name three Titans you would find in this section.

Cerberus – watchdog at the gates of Tartarus Three heads venom dripping from all his mouths with a dragons tail.

Phlegethon: The River of Fire

Sisyphus He escaped the underworld to return to earth. Recaptured for his trickery, comdemned!

Sisyphus What is the lesson of this punishment?

Tartarus Tantalizing – Forever Hungry Forever Thirsty Forever Thirsty

Ixion Wheel of Fire

Ixion Showed disrespect for the gods and attempted to win the love of Hera. Condemned to roll forever on a wheel of fire throughout Tartarus!

The Danaids Guilty of murdering their husbands on their wedding night!Punishment: fill a barrel with water from a nearby stream, but the water had to be carried in sieves.

Elysium Fields The place of eternal happiness. The Abode of Sleep.

Thanatos Brother of Sleep "I win greater honor when the victims are young.“ the victims are young.“ [Thanatos to Apollo. [Thanatos to Apollo.Apollo Thanatos the son of Nyx but no matter how you describe him, he is a creature of bone chilling darkness. From on high, Helios (the Sun) never casts his light on Death. (Theogony, line 760)

Hypnos/Somnus Hypnos goes kindly among the mortals but, his brother, Thanatos has a heart made of pitiless iron. When he takes hold of you, the world of light ceases to be. Hypnos/Somnus (sleep). Morpheus: son of sleep and god of dreams.

Lethe – River of Forgetfulness One cup of water from the river and the soul forgot its past. From there, the soul moved into the Elysium Fields, the enjoyment of the Happy Isles, where soft breezes always blew!

Persephone’s Grove Black poplars and sterile willows, for nothing truly fruitful could bloom in the underworld. Finally the soul would see the King and Queen of Hades.

Hades and Persephone

Hades, God of the Underworld

Who can you identify from Hades?