Across
- 3. Beings who carried out punishment in the underworld
- 6. Natural cycle explained by Persephone’s yearly return
- 7. Underworld realm ruled by Hades and Persephone
- 8. Goddess whose grief caused famine when Persephone was taken
- 10. Alternate name for Hades emphasizing wealth and earth’s fertility
- 11. Act considered essential to sustaining a soul’s existence
- 15. Region for ordinary souls in the afterlife
- 16. God who freed Thanatos when death ceased
- 18. Epic poem depicting a dreary underworld where even heroes are unhappy
- 19. Food that bound Persephone to the underworld
- 22. War between the Olympians and the Titans
- 25. Place of reward for heroes and especially virtuous souls
- 26. Guide who escorted souls to the underworld
- 27. Spirits associated with violent death
Down
- 1. King punished to roll a boulder eternally uphill
- 2. Greek concept of piety and proper respect toward gods and the dead
- 4. Paradise reserved for the pure-hearted
- 5. Queen of the underworld and daughter of Demeter
- 9. Personification of peaceful death
- 12. Euphemistic title used respectfully for Hades
- 13. Rituals required for a soul to enter Hades
- 14. Belief that the dead continued to exist only if remembered by the living
- 17. Messenger god who negotiated Persephone’s return
- 20. Primordial goddess of night and mother of Thanatos
- 21. Deep realm of punishment for the wicked
- 23. Fate of souls who were completely forgotten
- 24. God of sleep and twin brother of Thanatos
- 26. Philosophical dialogue describing reward or punishment based on devotion to the Good
- 28. Another respectful name used for Hades