Death and the Underworld

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Across
  1. 4. A good Roman washes their hands in this when tackling evil spirits
  2. 5. Location of best preserved tombs in the Roman Empire
  3. 12. Female deity who helped Demeter track down her daughter
  4. 13. Instrument of Orpheus
  5. 14. Wife of Orpheus
  6. 16. Dead Roman ancestors
  7. 17. Killed Orpheus’ wife
  8. 19. Clang away on these during the Lemuria
  9. 20. Abducted daughter of Demeter
  10. 21. Container used for ashes of cremated dead
  11. 22. Marble coffins used by the rich
  12. 25. A wealthy Roman family tomb might resemble one of these
  13. 26. Joined by poor Romans to help pay for burial
Down
  1. 1. Romans paid one to accompany their funerary procession
  2. 2. Location a Roman dead body was kept before burial
  3. 3. Instrument played during Roman funerary procession
  4. 4. River souls must cross to enter the Underworld
  5. 6. Roman god of the Underworld
  6. 7. Roman families shared on in their tomb during the Parentalia
  7. 8. God permitted to travel to the Underworld
  8. 9. Underground tunnels used to bury poorer Romans
  9. 10. Prohibited on the Parentalia and Lemuria
  10. 11. Made a sacrifice at the start of the Parentalia
  11. 15. Three-headed guard dog of the Underworld
  12. 18. ‘to the spirits of the departed’
  13. 23. Location of the wealthy tombs of Rome
  14. 24. Saved from the Underworld by Heracles