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    Who is often considered the lesser of the judges of the underworld?Hades: The God and his Domain (Corkex)

      Aeacus. Minos and Rhadamanthus were the other two judges. Minos is the legendary king of Crete and Rhadamanthus was his brother. Milanion challenged Atalanta to a footrace and won by throwing golden apples on the ground. In other versions of the myth Hippomenes is accredited with this feat.

    Which river was known as river of lamentation?Hades (Gaia Moore)

      Cocytus. This river flows into Acheron. The unburied were forced to wander around its banks for years as they weren't allowed to continue any further than this without a burial.

    Which river is often metaphorically used for Hades itself?Hades (Gaia Moore)

      Acheron. The path to the underworld has been described as the one that leads down to the river of woes, Acheron, pouring into Cocytus, the river of lamentation. I hope you enjoyed my quiz.

    Which God guides the souls of the dead down into the underworld?Hades (Gaia Moore)

      Hermes. Hermes is the messenger God. He is the offspring of Zeus and Maia and is known for wearing winged sandals. Among his other achievements Hermes was credited for inventing the lyre using the shell of a tortoise, he gave this instrument to Apollo (who, in some versions of the story, was given the credit for its creation).

    Which character from mythology was punished in the underworld by vultures that tore his liver out?Hades: The God and his Domain (Corkex)

      Tityus. Ixion was punished by being attached to a flaming wheel. Tantalus was punished by standing in a pool of water he couldn't drink from under apple trees he couldn't eat from. As for Prometheus, an eagle instead of a vulture ate out his liver every day upon a mountain instead of in the underworld. Tricky tricky...

    What is the name of the river of forgetfulness?Hades (Gaia Moore)

      Lethe. This was one of the five rivers of Hades. The dead had to drink from it to forget about their lives on earth.

    What is the name of the old ferryman who supposedly ferries the dead down the river Styx?Hades (Gaia Moore)

      Cheron . Is is a misconception that Charon journeys down the river Styx. He actually travels down the river Acheron where Cerberus stands guard.

    What is Phlegethon the river of?Hades (Gaia Moore)

      fire. Phlegethon is one of the lesser known of the myriad rivers in Hades.

    What epithet was commonly added in front of "Zeus" to refer to the god of the underworld?Hades: The God and his Domain (Corkex)

      Chthonian. Not only is Hades called Chthonian, but this name is also attached to his realm and its inhabitants. This name refers to anything of the earth, as apposed to anything Olympian or of the upper air.

    Upon the banks of what river in the underworld do the Elysian fields lie?Hades: The God and his Domain (Corkex)

      Lethe. As souls began to depart from the Elysian fields to be reborn on Earth, they drank from the Lethe (the river of forgetfulness) to forget their past life. The Cocytus was the river of wailing, the Styx was the river of hate, or of unbreakable promises, and the Acheron was the river of woe.

    Under what unusual name did the Athenians worship the Furies? This name actually means "the kindly ones."Hades: The God and his Domain (Corkex)

      Eumenides. The ancients used such a flattering and obviously misleading name for the Furies because they feared that calling the Furies what they really were would anger them, causing them to come after you.

    In what book of the "Odyssey" does Odysseus describe his visit to the underworld to the Phaeacians?Hades: The God and his Domain (Corkex)

      11. Homer's "Odyssey" is the earliest account of the underworld in which Odysseus approaches the entrance. Here he performs the ritual of Nekuia, where he pours out blood into a pit to summon the souls of the dead to drink.

    How many rivers of the underworld are there?Hades (Gaia Moore)

      5. There are five rivers. Styx, Lethe, Acheron, Cocytus and Phlegethon. Thay each represent different things.

    How many heads does Cerberus have?Hades (Gaia Moore)

      3. Cerberus is a three headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades allowing souls to enter but none to leave. The dog also had the tail of a serpent. Cerberus was the result of the union of Echidna (the mother of all monsters) and Typhon.

    Everyone has heard of the river Styx but what does this river represent?Hades (Gaia Moore)

      hate. This is the river that separates the world of the living and the world of the dead. It is said to wind around Hades nine times.

    Cocytus is the river of woe?Hades (Gaia Moore)

      f. Acheron is the river of woe. The shades are ferried across this river by Charon. Cocytus is the river of lamentation.

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