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1. BRUEGHEL, Jan the Elder Attributed to
Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl in the
Underworld (detail)
1600-1625
color on copper,26.8 × 35.3 cm
Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen

3. Art in Detail
The Greek Underworld
part 2
Explorers
(Paintings)

7. ORPHEUS
King of Charm

8. RUBENS, Pieter Paul (and workshop)
Orpheus and Eurydice
1636 - 1638
Oil on canvas, 196.5 x 247.5 cm.
Prado Museum, Madrid

12. ORPHEUS
Seriously, is there any way to keep Cerberus off my lawn?
HADES
What's the big deal?
ORPHEUS
Um, big lion claw marks in my grass ! Puddles of venom in the driveway !
Flaming turds, Lord Hades ! ... Flaming turds !!!!
HADES
I am the king, so my dog can drop flaming poo wherever it wants.

14. HERACLES
Monster Killer

15. ZURBARÁN, Francisco de
Hercules and Cerberus
1634
Oil on canvas, 132 x 151 cm
Museum Prado, Madrid

17. HERACLES
Borrowing Cerberus for the day to scare away some giants. Thanks, Uncle Hades!
HADES
You're welcome. Take good care of my Cerby-pants.
HERACLES
You got it! Cerby's my main man.
HADES
likes this

20. THESEUS
Minotaur Slayer

21. BURNE-JONES, Edward
Theseus and the Minotaur
1861
InkPen, 25.5 x 26.1 cm
Collection:Birmingham Museum and Art
Gallery

24. MINOTAUR
I'm a peaceful beast.
If you want to be famous like Theseus, all you have to do is murder some poor, misunderstood soul.

26. DIONYSUS
God of wine and revelry (traveled down to the
Underworld
the old- fashioned way- by dying from dismemberment)

27. GIAQUINTO, Corrado
The Birth of the Sun and the Triumph of
Bacchus
1762
Oil on canvas, 168 x 140 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

29. DIONYSUS
Look at this picture. Just look me ...!

32. ODYSSEUS
Intelligent Hero

33. FUSELI, John Henry
Teiresias foretells the Future to
Odysseus
1800
Oil on canvas, 91.0 x 77.8 cm
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

34. ODYSSEUS
Some people will tell you that it's a bad idea to go to the land of the dead to consult the spirits of a grumpy blind seer.
Wrong, they are.

37. ODYSSEUS
Somehow the Underworld seemed a lot more exciting when I visited it while I was alive.
HADES
If you don't like it, you can go back to the land of the living!
ODYSSEUS
Umm... Okay.
HADES
I was speaking rhetorically

39. AENEAS
Hero braving the dangers of the Underworld

40. CRESPI, Giuseppe Maria
Aeneas, the Sibyl, and Charon
circa 1695-1705
Color on canvas,129 × 127 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

41. AENEAS
Sibyl was a lovely guide through the Underworld—if only we didn't have to put up with this jerky Boatman.
CHARON
Aeneas Again.
Why do all these heroes always want to come to the Underworld?
AENEAS
Everybody's definitely right about Charon, the Boatman—total jerk.

44. AENEAS
Hades, you really need to control your dog. He almost took a bite out of me.
...
HADES
Okay, who fed Cerberus a honey cake with drugs in it again? Psyche, Aeneas—I'm looking at you!
AENEAS
Not gonna lie. It was me.
HADES
Next time, you will pay. I can't have my watchdog sleeping on the job like this.

45. Art in Detail: The Greek Underworld
(Paintings)
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46. UNDERWORLD EXPLORERS
This exclusive clique is reserved for the lucky few who manage to go down to the Underworld and
make it back out alive. It's not an easy thing to pull off, that's for sure.
There's a bunch of other examples in Greek mythology:
Orpheus heads down in a failed attempt to rescue his lover Eurydice; Odysseus travels there on his
quest to return home. Also, we can't forget Heracles who travels there to capture the hellhound
Cereberus and ends up rescuing Theseus while he's at it.

47. Name Orpheus
Nickname King of Charm, Music Man
Current city Underworld (pretty darn close to Hades)
Occupation Musician, can charm the pants off of anybody—mortals, gods, animals, trees,
rocks—you name it.
Political views Free love
Relationship status Married to Eurydice (death can't come between them)

48. Name Heracles
Nickname Hercules, Hairy Heracles
Birthday On the day that Hera tried keep him from being born.
Current city Mount Olympus
Occupation Slaying monsters. Now is a God, which is also awesome.
Education Had a music tutor named Linus. He tried to correct it, so he killed him. That's about it.
Enemies Hera. Just Hera.
Relationship status Formerly married to: Megara (he gave it to Iolaus.)
Formerly married to: Omphale
Formerly married to: Deianira (She accidentally killed him)
Married to: Hebe (goddess of youth)

49. Name Theseus
Nickname The Matador, The Lady's Man
Current city Elysium
Occupation King of Athens (retired), Minotaur Slayer (retired)
Enemies The Minotaur (for obvious reasons)
The Amazons (has kidnapped their Queen, Hippolyta)
Hippolyta (see above)
Ariadne (she's still pretty upset that, it ditched her on an island)
Helen (not too friendly with it because has kidnapped her when she was a kid)
Relationship status Fling with Ariadne
Hippolyta (First wife)
Phaedra (Second wife)
Tried to marry Helen, but it didn't work out

50. Name Dionysus
Nickname Bacchus, Mr. D
Current city Mount Olympus
Occupation God of Wine, Theater, and Revelry
Political views Anarchy
Enemies Hera
Relationship status Married to Ariadne
Flings with Aphrodite, Aura, Beroe, Kronois, Nikaia, Althaia, Erigone, Pallene, Physkoa,
Ampelos, Polymnos.

51. Name Odysseus
Nickname Wily Odysseus
Current city Elysium
Occupation Creative Problem Solver
Enemies Poseidon
Polyphemus
The Sirens
Scylla
Relationship status Married to Penelope
Flings with Circe and Calypso (oops)

52. Name Aeneas
Nickname Supertrojan
Current city Roman Olympus
Occupation Warrior, Hero, Founder of Great Civilizations
Enemies Hera (Why does she pick on, like every hero there is?)
Odysseus (So sneaky. Not even a real hero.)
Turnus ( Has did steal his fiancée, but did he really have to start a war about it?)
Relationship status Creusa (First Wife), Lavinia (Second Wife)
Fling with Dido