| A | B |
|---|
| Tartarus | area beneath the earth; bad part of the Underworld |
| Charon | greedy ferryman who carried dead souls across the Styx River |
| Cerberus | three-headed guard dog of the Underworld |
| Styx | main river of the Underworld |
| Lethe | river of forgetfulness from which dead souls drank in the Underworld |
| Elysian Fields | section of the Underworld for the great souls; paradise |
| Asphodel Meadows | section of the Underworld for the average souls |
| Furies | three women who avenged unpunished crimes |
| Arachne | boastful weaver whom Minerva transformed into a spider |
| Hecate | three-faced goddess of witchcraft and the dark side of the moon |
| Judges | three former kings - Rhadamanthus, Aeacus, and Minos - who decided where in the Underworld the dead souls went |
| Fates | three women who controlled the lives of people - spinning, measuring, and cutting the threads of life |
| Proserpina | queen of the Underworld and goddess of the spring |
| Hypnos | Greek god of sleep |
| Somnus | Roman god of sleep |
| Morpheus | god of dreams |
| Thanatos | god of death |
| Tantalus | because he chopped up his son to serve to the gods for dinner, he is forever hungry and thirsty in the Underword, although food and water are very close to him |
| Ixion | he is chained to a flaming, spinning wheel in the Underworld |
| Sisyphus | he rolls a boulder up a hill for eternity in the Underworld |
| Danaides | in order to fill up a well, they must jar water in jars filled with holes for eternity in the Underworld |
| Tityus | his liver is torn out daily a vulture in the Underworld |
