A | B |
Mercury/Hermes | God who led souls to the Underworld |
Hercules | Hero who visited Underworld to get Cerberus (12th Labor) |
Aeneas | Hero who visited Underworld to see his dad |
Odysseus | Hero who visited Underworld to see his mom |
Orpheus | Mortal who visited Underworld to retrieve his wife |
Lethe | River of forgetfulness |
Phlegethon | River of fire |
Acheron | River of sorrow |
Tartarus | Area where evil souls were punished |
Elysian Fields | Area where good souls lived in peace |
Charon | Guide across the River Styx |
Unburied Souls | Had to remain before the River Styx for 100 years |
Cerberus | 3-headed guard dog of the Underworld |
Furies | Erinyes |
Allecto | Fury of anger |
Megara | Fury of jealousy |
Tisiphone | Fury of murder |
Tantalus | Cut up his son and fed him to the gods |
Sisyphus | Punished by having to roll a boulder up a hill |
Ixion | Raped Hera |
Ixion | Punished by being crucified to a burning wheel |
Eurydice | Wife of Orpheus, bitten by a viper |
Hades | King of the Underworld |
Persephone | Daughter of Ceres/Demeter |
Minos | Judge of souls in the Underworld |