Hades Underworld

Hades was the eldest brother of Zeus and Poseidon and Lord of the Underworld and Ruler of the Dead. He was the god of the realm where souls go after death. “The Underworld was hidden deep in the earth” (Michael Karas & Charilaos Megas) and was believed to be surrounded by 5 rivers. They each had a certain purpose. The Styx river was represented unbreakable oath and the gods often swore by it. After the Styx was the river Lethe, the river of oblivion. The dead souls traveling to the Underworld would drink from it and forget their Earthly life. The Acheron River was the river of Woe, and it lead into the Pyriphlegethon river. The Pyriphlegethon was the river of fire. Next was the river Cocytus, the river of wailing. He didn’t control who died