Mythology: The Underworld

Section of the Underworld where most people wandered aimlessly.

• Erebus
• Elysian Fields
• Tartarus
• Acheron

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Musician who journeyed to the Underworld to rescue his dead bride.

• Orpheus
• Eurydice
• Charon
• Acheron

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Wife and niece of Hades; Daughter of Demeter

• Io
• Persephone
• Daphne
• Eurydice

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

• Tantalus
• Tartarus
• Sisyphus
• Sinis

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Aided in Hera catching Zeus with a mistress; punished by pushing a boulder uphill for eternity.

• Tantalus
• Sisyphus
• Tartarus
• Sciron

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Ferries the souls of the Underworld; money is put on the lips of the dead to pay his toll.

• Tartarus
• Chiron
• Charon
• Tantalus

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Section of the Underworld where heroes went after they died.

• Erebus
• Tantalus
• Tartarus
• Elysium

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Persephone ate the seeds of this fruit while in the Underworld

• apple
• figs
• poemegranate
• grapes

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The 3-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld.

• Naxos
• Furies
• Erebus
• Cerberus

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Section of the Underworld where sinners were punished.

• Tantalus
• Tartarus
• Elysium
• Erebus

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