Tartarus

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Doorway to Tartarus

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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1.15 - Ares on Trial

  • Tartarus is mentioned in this episode.
  • Athena says that if this tribunal finds Ares guilty, he will "spend an eternity of unimaginable torment in the fiery depths of Tartarus that is reserved for fallen gods".
  • Ares implies that part of spending the rest of eternity in Tartarus includes "being gnawed on by some idiotic monster."
  • Charges that would sentence a god to eternity in the depths of Tartarus include:
    • Conspiring to murder a protected mortal.
    • Impersonating a god.

1.47 - Mila