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Antigone Background Material I

Regions & rivers of the underworld; ; creation of the world;

AB
Tartarushell; a place of individualized punishment
Elysiumonly poets & war heroes go here directly
Acherona place of aimless wandering
Hypnosgod of sleep
Thanatosgod of death
Morpheusgod of dreams
Tantalosstuck in one spot w/ food & water just beyond his reach
Sisyphosmust perpetually roll a rock up a hill
Prometheushis liver is eaten each day by a vulture & then grows back at night
saw Zeus run off with a girl & told her father about itSisyphos
killed his own sonTantalos
gave man firePrometheus
Styxmust cross this river to get into the underworld
Charonruns the ferry boat
Cerberusa 3-headed dog that prevents anyone from leaving the underworld
Letheforget your past when you drink from it
Acheronriver of woe
Phlegethonriver of fire
Cocytusriver of wailing
Chaoswhat existed before the world was created
GaeaMother Earth
Uranusthe Heavens
hecatonshiresmonsters with 100 hands
cyclopesmonsters with only one eye
Cronusa Titan who rescued his monster brothers & sisters & defeated his father
Rheaa Titan and wife of Cronus
ate all of his childrenCronus because he was afraid that they would overthrow him
giants & heroessprang from the blood of Uranus
Mt. Olympuswhere Zeus and his siblings reign from



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