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The Underworld: Ruled By Hades And Persephone

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• The Underworld o Ruled by Hades and Persephone o The dead go here o The Erinyes punish evildoers
• The Lesser Gods of Earth o Pan (the Chief) o Silenus o Castor and Pollux (brothers) o Aeolus (King of the Winds) o Chief Winds:
• Boreas (North Wind)
• Zephyr (West Wind)
• Notus (South Wind)
• Eurus (East Wind) o Beings (not divine or human):
• Centaurs
• Gorgons
• The Graiae
• Sirens
• The Romans took most of Greek mythology P1- Ch. 2 (The Two Great Gods of Earth)
• Demeter (Goddess of the Corn) and Dionysus (God of Wine) are important gods who help mankind
• Demeter makes the fruit and Dionysus rules
• Hades kidnaps Demeter's daughter, Persephone.
• Demeter said that she would not bear fruit until she saw her daughter.
• Zeus sent

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