 God of the underworld  Child of Cronus and Rhea  Wife: Persephone

 Hermes- Guided the soul of the dead to the river Styx  Charon- Ferryman of the river Styx › Would only ferry people across who had money  Cerberus- Three headed dog and guardian of the underworld › Allowed the dead to enter but not leave

 Sisyphus of Corinth- The very clever king  Asopus, a river god, lost his daughter › Sisyphus bargained with Asopus, a spring for info › Sisyphus told him that Zeus had stolen her › Asopus confronts Zeus › Zeus turns his daughter into an island, himself into a rock

 Zeus asks Hades to take Sisyphus to the underworld  Sisyphus deceived him and bound him with a chain › No one could die › Gods threatened punishment so he released Hades › Sisyphus was first to die

 Sisyphus instructed his wife to not put a coin under his tongue  The gods were angry at this and sent Sisyphus back to punish his wife  His trick worked and he lived for many years with his wife till his death

 Zeus was angry because he had been out smarted  He condemned Sisyphus to roll a rock up a hill. The rock would roll down once he reached the top and he would have to push it up again.

 What is a Sisyphean labor?