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The subterranean political situation is intense, folks.

For those maybe confused by all this mythology, here goes: Hades is both a god (known as Pluto to the Romans, not the Disney character, but where we get the name for the dwarf planet) and the name for the Greek underworld. It comprises of three regions: Hades, Tartarus, and Elysium. If you were looking for a dead Greek hero like Achilles, head to Elysium. Kronos, the Titan who fathered Zeus and ate a few of his children, rules over that region, kinda like Hades’ vassal, I suppose. If you are looking for a particularly bad Greek figure — god, demigod, Titan, or human — go to Tartarus and take in the many ways the Fates have tortured them. (Tantalus is one such personage, and we’ll get to know more about him soon.) Everyone else goes to Hades general, the steerage class of the underworld: no one has fun, but no one gets tortured; the dead just roam around mindlessly.

The Ancient Greek view of the afterlife, like much of life itself, is not a happy vacation.