By: Ryan Hoyt, Job Stepanski, & Jared
Novitski
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Peaceful & joyous afterlife
Able to do everything they did in normal
lifetime.
Reside in eternal bliss
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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
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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.
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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
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Depicted as three-headed dog
Guards the entrance to the lower world, which
is Hades
Child of Typhon & Echidna
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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
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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.
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Encyclopedia Mythica. 25 Feb. 2009
<http://www.pantheon.org/>.
“House of Hades.” Timeless Myths. 8 Feb.
2008. 25 Feb. 2009
<http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/ha
des.html>.
Tartarus. 1 Mar. 2005. 25 Feb. 2009
<http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/ta
rtarus.htm>.