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In ''The Odyssey'', Erebus was accessed after sailing to the northern oceans wherupon Odysseus and men dig a well shaft and fill it with sweet milk, honey, sweet wine, clear water, and handfulls of barley. This sacrifice is used to attract the dead. On the Island of Erebus, Odysseus meets a many of the "unnumbered dead" (X 560). Among them are Achilles and Agamemnon from the prequel ''The Iliad'', Odysseus' mother Antiklea, and Elpenor - one of his young sailors that died needlessly after breaking his neck from falling off of [[Circe]]'s roof. | In ''The Odyssey'', Erebus was accessed after sailing to the northern oceans wherupon Odysseus and men dig a well shaft and fill it with sweet milk, honey, sweet wine, clear water, and handfulls of barley. This sacrifice is used to attract the dead. On the Island of Erebus, Odysseus meets a many of the "unnumbered dead" (X 560). Among them are Achilles and Agamemnon from the prequel ''The Iliad'', Odysseus' mother Antiklea, and Elpenor - one of his young sailors that died needlessly after breaking his neck from falling off of [[Circe]]'s roof. | ||
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Lindemans,Micha. "Hades." ''Encyclopedia Mythica.'' 03 March 1997.MMVI Encyclopedia Mythica. 17 June 2006. <http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/hades.html> | |||
"Hades in Greek Mythology." ''Mythograghy.'' 1997. Loggia.com. 17 June 2006 <http://www.loggia.com/myth/hades.html> | |||