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Tartarus is like the Greek version of Hell, while the [[Elysian Fields]] are like the Greek version of Heaven. Both places can be reached from the [[Underworld]], on the other side of the [[River Styx]]. | |||
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In classic mythology, below Uranus (sky), Gaia (earth), and Pontus (sea) is Tartarus, or Tartaros (Greek: Τάρταρος, from τάρταρον "tartar encrusting the sides of casks"). It is a deep, gloomy place, a pit, or an abyss used as a dungeon of torment and suffering that resides beneath the underworld. In the Gorgias, Plato (c. 400 BC) wrote that souls were judged after death and those who received punishment were sent to Tartarus.<br> | |||
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Tartarus is like the Greek version of Hell, while the Elysian Fields are like the Greek version of Heaven. Both places can be reached from the Underworld, on the other side of the River Styx.
In classic mythology, below Uranus (sky), Gaia (earth), and Pontus (sea) is Tartarus, or Tartaros (Greek: Τάρταρος, from τάρταρον "tartar encrusting the sides of casks"). It is a deep, gloomy place, a pit, or an abyss used as a dungeon of torment and suffering that resides beneath the underworld. In the Gorgias, Plato (c. 400 BC) wrote that souls were judged after death and those who received punishment were sent to Tartarus.
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