neither virtuous nor evil delight in libations of blood poured to them by the living when they drink they feel themselves almost men again; that leading to the punishment-field of Tartarus, if they are evil; that leading to the orchards of Elysium if they are virtuous Elysium, ruled over by Cronus, lies near Hades'dominions, its entrance close to the pool of Memory, but forms no part of them; it is a happy land of perpetual day, without cold or snow, where games, music, and revels never cease, and where the inhabitants may elect to be reborn on earth whenever they please. Nearby are the Fortunate Islands. reserved for those who have been three times born and three times attained Elysium Somewhere in this vast region is Plutos pala around which are wide wastes. wan' and cold. and meadows of asphodel, presumabl ghostly flowers. Hades never knows what is happening in the world above, or in Olympus, except for fragmentary information which comes to him when mortals strike their hands upon the earth and invoke him with oaths and curses. His most prized possession is the helmet of invisibility, given him as a mark of gratitude by the Cyclopes when he consented to release them at Zeus's order. All the riches of gems and precious metals hidden beneath the earth are his, but he owns no property above ground. Queen Persephone is faithful to Hades, but has had no children by him and prefers the company of Hecate, goddess of witches, to his. Zeus himself honors Hecate so greatly that he never denies her the ancient power which she has always enjoyed of bestowing on mortals, or withholding from them, any desired gift. She has three bodies and three heads---lion, dog, and mare The Erinye(the Furies), are said to roam the underworld to punish evildoers They are usually represented as three: Tisiphone, Megaera and Alecto. These Erinyes are crones with snakes for hair dog s heads. coal-black bodies bats'wings and blood-she die in torment. Their names are Alecto(unceasing in Anger), Tisiphone(Avenger of Murder), Megaera(Jealous). Sleep, and Death, his brother, dwell in the lower world Dreams too ascend from there to men. They pass through two gates, one of horn through which true dreams go, one of ivory for false dreams he fortune of mortals are decided by two goddesses Tyche, a daughter of Zeus, is an irresponsible and capricious dispenser of good and ill fortune, who runs about juggling with a ball to exemplify 8 the uncertainty of chance; sometimes up sometimes down. But if it ever happens that a man, whom she has favored boasts of his abundant riches and neither sacrifices a part of them to the gods, nor alleviates the poverty of hi fellow-citizens, then the ancient goddess Nemesis steps in to20 neither virtuous nor evil delight in libations of blood7 poured to them by the living: when they drink they feel themselves almost men again; that leading to the punishment-field of Tartarus, if they are evil; that leading to the orchards of Elysium, if they are virtuous. Elysium, ruled over by Cronus, lies near Hades’ dominions, its entrance close to the pool of Memory, but forms no part of them; it is a happy land of perpetual day, without cold or snow, where games, music, and revels8 never cease, and where the inhabitants may elect to be reborn on earth whenever they please. Nearby are the Fortunate Islands, reserved for those who have been three times born, and three times attained Elysium. Somewhere in this vast region is Pluto’s palace, around which are wide wastes, wan9 and cold, and meadows of asphodel, presumably10 strange, pallid11, ghostly flowers. Hades never knows what is happening in the world above, or in Olympus, except for fragmentary information which comes to him when mortals strike their hands upon the earth and invoke12 him with oaths and curses. His most prized possession is the helmet of invisibility, given him as a mark of gratitude by the Cyclopes13 when he consented to release them at Zeus’s order. All the riches of gems and precious metals hidden beneath the earth are his, but he owns no property above ground. Queen Persephone is faithful to Hades, but has had no children by him and prefers the company of Hecate14, goddess of witches, to his. Zeus himself honors Hecate so greatly that he never denies her the ancient power which she has always enjoyed: of bestowing15 on mortals, or withholding from them, any desired gift. She has three bodies and three heads---lion, dog, and mare. The Erinye16 (the Furies), are said to roam the underworld to punish evildoers. They are usually represented as three: Tisiphone, Megaera and Alecto. These Erinyes are crones17, with snakes for hair, dog’s heads, coal-black bodies, bats’ wings, and blood-shot eyes. In their hands they carry brass-studded scourges, and their victims die in torment. Their names are Alecto (unceasing in Anger), Tisiphone (Avenger of Murder), Megaera (Jealous). Sleep, and Death, his brother, dwell in the lower world. Dreams too ascend from there to men. They pass through two gates, one of horn through which true dreams go, one of ivory for false dreams. The fortune of mortals are decided by two goddesses. Tyche, a daughter of Zeus, is an irresponsible and capricious dispenser of good and ill fortune, who runs about juggling with a ball to exemplify18 the uncertainty of chance; sometimes up, sometimes down. But if it ever happens that a man, whom she has favored, boasts of his abundant riches and neither sacrifices a part of them to the gods, nor alleviates19 the poverty of his fellow-citizens, then the ancient goddess Nemesis steps in to