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GLOBAL WARMING
--the increase in the average temperature of Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century and its projected continuation

GLOBAL HEATING CRISIS (GHC)
--the official name of the Global Warming disaster in the world of Solstice

UNDERWORLD
--a region in Greek mythology under the surface of the earth where the souls of the recently departed go; identified with Hell

GREEK GODS:

• HADES--god of the Underworld
• ARES--god of war
• ZEUS--king of the gods
• PERSEPHONE--queen of the Underworld
• DEMETER--goddess of the harvest
• APHRODITE--goddess of love and beauty
• THANATOS--personification of death
• FATES--three personifications of destiny
• APATE--personification of deceit

PEOPLE AND CREATURES WHO LIVE IN THE UNDERWORLD:

• CHARON--ferryman; shuttles souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron
• CERBERUS--three-headed dog; guards the gates of the Underworld
• MINOS--ancient Cretan king; oversees the Asphodel Meadows in the Underworld
• AEACUS--ancient Aeginian king; oversees Tartarus in the Underworld
• RHADAMANTHUS--ancient Cretan king; oversees the Elysian Fields in the Underworld
• SISYPHUS--a king sentenced to Tartarus; made to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this throughout eternity
• PIRITHOUS--a king sentenced to Tartarus for attempting to steal the wife of Hades
• TANTALUS--a king sentenced to Tartarus; never allowed food or drink but always having it just out of reach

UNDERWORLD PLACES:

• ELYSIAN FIELDS (ELYSIUM)--the final resting place of the heroic and the virtuous
• ASPHODEL MEADOWS--a section of the Underworld where indifferent and ordinary souls are sent to live after death
• TARTARUS--a place in the Underworld for those souls judged to receive eternal punishment

UNDERWORLD RIVERS:

• ACHERON--sorrow; the newly dead are ferried across Acheron to enter the Underworld
• COCYTUS--lamentation; boundary between the Elysian Fields and the rest of the Underworld
• LETHE--oblivion; boundary between the Asphodel Meadows and the rest of the Underworld
• STYX--hate; boundary between Earth and the Underworld
• PHLEGETHON--fire; boundary between Tartarus and the rest of the Underworld