Scope
This page covers the Greek pattern of descent into the Underworld and return from the realm of the dead.
Major Figures
This section will sketch Hades, Persephone, Hermes Psychopompos, Orpheus, Heracles, Odysseus, Theseus, Pirithous, and the dead.
Major Myths
This section will cover katabasis stories, the rivers and regions of Hades, and the mystery of crossing the boundary between life and death.