1. By: Ryan Hoyt, Job Stepanski, & Jared Novitski

2.  Peaceful & joyous afterlife  Able to do everything they did in normal lifetime.  Reside in eternal bliss

3.  One of the rivers that flow through Hades  Called “River of Oblivion”  Shades of dead had to drink from this river to forgot about there past lives on earth

4.  Tartarus was the deepest region of the Underworld that it was said that it took nine days and nine nights for an anvil to fall from the earth surface to the very bottom of Tartarus.  Only the most horrible mortals were punished in Tartarus.

5.  Lord of the dead and ruler of the nether world  Son of Cronus and Rhea  Sits on throne made of ebony, and carries a scepter  Has helmet given to him by Cyclopes that can make him invisible

6.  Depicted as three-headed dog  Guards the entrance to the lower world, which is Hades  Child of Typhon & Echidna

7.  River that separates the world of the living and the world of dead.  It is said Styx winds around Hades nine times  This river was so respected by Greek gods, that they took oaths by mentioning its name

8.  Ferryman of the Underworld River  Only duty was to escort shades across the rive of Styx.  Often described as ancient looking man dressed in loincloth  Only required one coin from each shade to cross the river.

9.  Encyclopedia Mythica. 25 Feb. 2009.  “House of Hades.” Timeless Myths. 8 Feb. 2008. 25 Feb. 2009.  Tartarus. 1 Mar. 2005. 25 Feb. 2009.