In pairs, you have to llok for some information about this places or characters and write a summary to explain what you have learnt to your classmates.
Hades and the Underworld
Hades was
the ruler of the underworld, which he ruled with his bride Persephone, Demeter's daughter. Guarded by Cerberus, a three-headed dog,
the underworld was separated from the land of the living by five rivers. One of
these was the Styx, across
which the dead were ferried. Three judges decided the fate of souls: heroes
went to the Elysian Fields,
evildoers to Tartarus. The
Underworld itself was sometimes called Hades, and it still is today.
Hades was one of the children of Cronus and Rhea, and was swallowed by Cronus when he
learned one of his children would usurp him. When Zeus tricked Cronus into
expelling Hades from his body, Zeus and Hades joined with the other children to
overthrow Cronus.
Hades was assigned the Underworld after the division of power among
himself, Zeus, and Poseidon. Since Hades was always in the Underworld, he did
not sit with the other gods in Olympus. In fact, Hades was
not allowed to visit Olympus.
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