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| Who were the parents of Hades? | Cronus & Rhea |
| Why did the ancients not like to use Hades' name? | bad luck |
| What were three other names used for Hades by Romans? | Pluto, Dis and Orcus |
| Whom did Pluto kidnap to be his wife? | Persephone (Proserpina) |
| How many months did Persephone stay above ground? | six |
| What did she eat that resulted in her staying in Hades for six months? | six pomegranate seeds |
| Who guards the entrance to the Underworld? | Cereberus |
| Who is the Stygian boatman? | Charon |
| What was the price for a ride on Charon's boat? | an obolos |
| Across what river did Charon ferry the dead? | the Styx |
| What is the river of Forgetfulness? | the Lethe |
| What is the river of Fire? | Phlegethon |
| What is the river of Woe? | Acheron |
| What river, besides the Styx, do some sources say was the river over which Charon was boatman? | Acheron |
| What is the river of Wailing, Cries & Lamentations? | Cocytus |
| What river is the "Abhorrent"? | the Styx |
| Who were the three judges of the Underworld? | Minos, Rhadamanthus & Aeacus |
| Where in the Underworld did most souls spend eternity? | the plains of Asphodel |
| What is the name for the A"isle of the blessed"? | Elysium (or Elysian Fields) |
| Where did the souls of a few especially wicked people go? | Tartarus |
| Who murdered his son and tried to serve him as a stew to the gods? | Tantulus |
| Who was the son of Tantalus whom he murdered? | Pelops |
| Which of the gods ate some of the human stew made by Tantalus? | Demeter |
| What was Tantalus' punishement? | eternally tortured with hunger and thirst |
| Who was punished for tattling on Zeus (by Zeus)? | Sisyphus |
| What was Sisyphus' punishment? | roll a rock up a hill for eternity |
| Who was tied to a fiery wheel which rolled through Tartarus? | Ixion |
| What was Ixion's crime? | tried to seduce Hera |
| What was Tityus' crime? | tried to rape Leto |
| How many Danaides were there? | 50 |
| What was the crime of the Danaides? | killed their husbands on their wedding night |
| How many of the Danaides were involved in the murders? | 49 |
| What was the punishment of the Danaides? | to fill sieves for eternity |
| What is another Latin name for the Fata? | Parcae |
| Name the first of the Parcae and her duty | Clotho - spun the wool of life |
| Name the second of the Parcae and her duty | Lachesis - measured the length of the thread of life |
| Name the third of the Parcae and her duty | Atropos - cut the thread of life |
| Who were the five individuals who returned from Hades? | Aeneas, Heracles, Odysseus, Orpheus and Theseus |
| Who was the wife of Orpheus? | Eurydice |
| How did Eurydice die? | Snakebite |
| Who was the goddess of sorcery? | Hecate |
| Which character associated with the Underworld is depicted with three faces? | Hecate |
