Hades
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Deep down in the realm of the dead there dwells the god of the
underworld. was worshipped by the Greeks and by the Romans. The Roman
name for him though was Pluto. He became feared by the people because they
were afraid of what happened to them after they were dead. When and
his three brothers ov ....
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.... death they would drink from the River Lethe (River of
Forgetfulness), they would forget their human lives and consequently have
nothing to do or say in that next world - yet is was not depicted fearfully.
Guarding the entrance to Hades, was the three-headed dog with a
dragon's tail - or snakes growing out of its back, Cerberus. He will let
you in - but not out. The dead would appear before a panel of three judges,
Rhadamanthus, Minos I, and Aeacus, who then pass judgment. This is to find
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