Greek Underworld and Punishments

What is the river of forgetfulness?

• Styx

• Phlegethon

• Lethe

• Acheron

Who did Ixion throw into the chamber of fire

• His brother

• His father

• His father in law

• His neighbor

Instead of strings, what did Zeus tie Ixion to the wheel with?

• Snakes

• Vines

• Steel Bars

• Magic

Why did Ares get mad when Thanatos disappeared?

• People weren’t dying during wars.

• He owed Ares money

• Thanatos had an affair with Aphrodite (Ares' girlfriend)

• They were best friends

What was the real punishment of Tantalus besides just throwing him into a lake?

• The lake was boiling

• The lake had man eating fish that would eat his flesh every day, but it would grow back every night.

• Eternal hunger and thirst

• Harpies laughter that would make his ears bleed

Who is the official ferry operator?

• Hades
• Cerberus
• Charon
• Acheron

the ones who spun, measured, and cut the thread of life

• the three judges
• the Furies
• the Harpies
• the Fates

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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

• Tantalus
• Tartarus
• Sisyphus
• Sinis

Section of the Underworld where heroes went after they died.

• Erebus
• Tantalus
• Tartarus
• Elysium

Persephone ate the seeds of this fruit while in the Underworld

• apple
• figs
• poemegranate
• grapes