Theunderworld is the place inGreek mythology where people go when they die. The underworld is controlled byHades, one of the three main gods. The underworld's gates are guarded by the three-headeddog,Cerberus. The underworld was surrounded by five rivers. The Acheron was the river of woe, the Cocytus was the river of lamentation, the Phlegethon the river of fire, the Styx, the river of the unbreakable oath by which the gods took their vows, and the Lethe the river of forgetfulness. When entering the underworld,Charon would take those with gold coins to the underworld. Not everyone could enter, because not everyone had golden coins to pay the fare.
Three judges, by the names of Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Aeacus, would then decide where you would go. People that lived normal lives would go to The Fields of Asphodel. People who did horrible things would go theFields of Punishment, also known as Tartarus.Heroes would go to The Fields of Elysium. If you were put into Elysium, you could choose to be reborn or stay. If you went toElysium three times, then you went to the Isle of the Blessed. This was like the ultimateheaven.Tartaros (Latin:Tartarus) was another place in the underworld, where immortal enemies of the currentTwelve Olympians are eternally punished, for exampleKronos and the otherTitans. Tartaros overlaps with the fields of punishment. In the fields of punishment, you get punished depending how bad your crime is.
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