| | Another section of Hades was known as the [[Elysian fields]], where the souls of those who were particularly noble or heroic were sent. | | Another section of Hades was known as the [[Elysian fields]], where the souls of those who were particularly noble or heroic were sent. |
| − | There were five rivers in Hades: [[Acheron]], [[Styx]], [[Phlegethon]], [[Cocytus]] and [[Lethe]]. According to the Odyssey, the first four of these were joined: Cocytus was a branch of Styx, and Cocytus and Phlegethon both flowed into Acheron.<ref>http://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/PotamosPyriphlegethon.html</ref> <ref>Homer, Odyssey 10. 513</ref> | + | There were five rivers in Hades: [[Acheron]], [[Styx]], [[Phlegethon]], [[Cocytus]] and [[Lethe]]. According to the Odyssey, the first four of these were joined: Cocytus was a branch of Styx, and Cocytus and Phlegethon both flowed into Acheron.<ref>http://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/PotamosPyriphlegethon.html</ref><ref>Homer, Odyssey 10. 513</ref> |