Welcome to Hell

1. Welcome to Hell

2. Abode of the Dead • The ____________________ • The traveler had to discover the cavern, or underground river, and follow the winding path down into the earth. • Originally, Greeks believed that the underworld was across the river ___________, but when travel to far islands put that theory to rest, the underworld literally changed to under the world, in the center of the _______________.

3. Acheron • Travelers first met a _________________. • This river was the river of woe, sadness, or ___________.

4. Charon • Official _______________of the underworld • Greeks insisted on proper burial rites for the dead- if they weren’t carried out, the soul would forever ________________ • ____________ – a coin or payment put in dead person’s mouth

5. Erebus • Hades consisted of 3 sections: Erebus, _____________, and Elysium Fields. • Erebus was the entrance or _____________ • All the dead had to pass • Judgment followed

6. 3 Judges • Aeacus - he judged the _________________ • Rhadamanthus – judged the Asiatics • Minos – judged the __________________ • They prepared to send the souls to either ________________ or Elysium Fields

7. Cocytus • River of __________________ • Here the souls would encounter the fates

8. Furies/Nemesis • Furies had serpents in their hair and blood dripping from their eyes • They pursued_____________onearth • ______________ was the spirit of just punishment and the goddess of retribution • She was concerned with BOTH punishment AND _______________

9. Hecate • Queen of the _____________and goddess of magic charms and enchantment • She haunted the tombs of the dead and _________________________on earth

10. Styx (more than just a band) • River Styx had _______________ • Originally she was the __________________ of the Titans and helped the Olympians in the war, so she became the river of the gods. • If a god swore by her, the oath was _____________________

11. Cerberus • 3-headed ___________________ who guarded the gates to Tartarus • He would let souls in, but______________out

12. Phlegethon • River of _________________ • Led into and surrounded ________________

13. Tartarus • Gates of bronze guarded by _______________ • Surrounded by _________________ • Encased within a triple wall • Wailing cries of those being punished

14. Sisyphus • Sisyphus died, but in a trick, escaped the underworld. He was recaptured and punished for his _____________.

15. Tantalus • He tested the gods by serving them his son for ___________________ • The gods discovered the plot and as punishment, Tantalus stood forever in a pool of water, unable to _____________, and within reach of fruit trees, but unable to ___________.

16. Ixion • Showed disrespect for the gods and tried to win the love of _________________ • Hera was Zeus’s ___________________ • He was condemned to roll forever on a wheel of ______________in Tartarus

17. Danaids • They murdered their _______________. • Originally, there were 50 sisters, all betrothed to marry 50 cousins • They went through with the marriages, then 49 of them killed their husbands on their ________________________ • Punishment- to fill a barrel with water from a nearby stream, but the water had to be carried in sieves (it would last forever)

18. Abode of Sleep • If you were not condemned to Tartarus you would move closer to _________________. • You would encounter the Abode of Sleep and _____________, Hypnos, and Morpheus

19. Thanatos, Hypnos, Morpheus • Thanatos- _____________ • Hypnos- _______________ (brother of Thanatos) • Morpheus – god of ____________; son of sleep