Inferno pagão (pagan hellfire)

Na antiga Grécia era Hades o deus dos Infernos. Habitava o mundo subterrâneo, lugar destinado às 'sombras' das pessoas falecidas. Caronte era o barqueiro que as transportava através do rio Estige, depois destes lhe pagarem um óbulo. Cerberus, o cão de três cabeças, guardava o local. Homero (Ilíada, IX, 158-159) indica que o senhor implacável da morte era o deus mais odiado pelos mortais.

In ancient Greece Hades was the god of the underworld. Dwelt in the underworld, the place for 'shadows' of deceased persons. Charon was the ferryman who transported across the river Styx, then these will pay a Pence. Cerberus, the three-headed dog, guarded the site. Homer (Iliad, IX, 158-159) indicates that the ruthless lord of death was the god most hated by mortals

Eagle painter-'side A-Heracles, Cerberus and Eurystheus'-hydria-Caere-(blck-figure)-ca 525 BC Paris-Musée du Louvre (E 701)

Underworld vase painter-'Hades and Persephone in their palace in the underworld'-(volute-krater)-(red-figure)-Canossa-330 BC München-Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek (3234)

Joachim Patinir (1485-1524)-'crossing the Stix'-oil on panel Madrid-Museo del Prado

Luca Giordano (1634-1705)-'Charon, Cerberus, Morpheus, Prometheus'-fresco-(1684-1686) Firenze-Palazzo Medici-Riccardi

Alexander Dmitrievich Litovchenko (1835-1890)-'Charon cames soules across the river Stix'-oil on canvas St Petersbourg-Hermitage