| A | B |
|---|
| Hades | Lord of the dead; King of the Underworld; "Unforseen One"; "Wealthy One" |
| Hypnos and Thanatos | Twin Brothers (Sleep and Death) |
| Morpheus | God of Dreams; son of Hypnos |
| Styx | River of Hate |
| Pyriphlegethon | River of Fire |
| Acheron | River of Woe |
| Cocytus | River of Wailing |
| Lethe | River of Forgetfulness |
| Charon | grim boatman at the riverbank |
| Cerberus | Guard dog of Styx with three heads |
| Tartaros | Deep pit of Hades |
| Judges of the Underworld | Minos, Rhadamanthus, Aeacus |
| Denizens of Underworld | Hades and Persephone; Hermes Psychopompos; Charon; Cerberus; Furies; Hekate; Judges; Thanatos |
| Adonis | mortal lover of goddess Aphrodite; fatally wounded in groin by tusk |
| Demeter and Persephone | Story of Persephone who is abducted by Hades and Demeter mourns loss |
| Dionysus | "Twice Born God" |
| Orpheus and Eurydice | power of love; enchantment of music; human frustration about death; idea of soul's immortality |
| Dying/Rising Gods and Mystery Religions | Adonis=Adonia; Demeter and Persephone=Eleusinian Mysteries; Dionysus=Dionysian ekstasis; Orpheus=Orphism |
