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<h1> Welcome Shade to the River Styx</h1> <p> Sooner or later, all mortals come to visit Hades. Lead by Hermes, the fleet footed messenger of the gods, a deceased person (or shade) would find himself at the banks of the river Styx.</p> <img src="images/mercury.gif" alt="Hermes" width="144" height="129" hspace="10" vspace="10" border="0" title="Hermes" align="right"><p>Although some versions of greek mythology claim the existance of up to five other rivers surrounding Hades, the river Styx was always the most well known, and the most sacred. To the Gods, there was no oath more sacred than to swear by the river Styx. Some said the river was so foul that to drink of it brought instant death. Some said it bubbled with fire.</p> <p>Known as the river of anger, the Styx was said to drive men who strayed too near it to violence. With it's firey descriptions, and it's location in the underworld, the river Styx bore a resemblance to the lake of fire mentioned in other, less interesting, mythologies.</p> <p>But Hades, or the underworld, was not a place for evil men. Instead, it was a great omnibus, a place for everyone. While the Greeks viewed Hades as a dismal depressing place, it did have it's paradise, the Elysian Fields, where heros went when their time came. It also had its punishments for those, such as Tantalus, who upset the Gods.</p> <p> Those who were burried properly would find a coin under their tounge, which they would present to Charon, the ferryman of the river Styx. Charon was known for being taciturn, and would ferry his clients accross the river without saying a word.</p> <p>Those who were not burried with coins in their mouths were doomed to wander the river's edge until they found the pauper's entrance to Hades. Although when Heracles went to Hades to bring back Cerberus, he gave Charon such a menacing glance, that the ferryman took him across without Payment.</p> <p align="center">Why don't you cross over and see what's on the other side?</p> <p align="center"><a href="cerberus.shtml">Charon's waiting for you</a></p><ul><li><a href="site_index.html">Site Index</a></li></ul>
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