- Tartarus

Tartarus is the lowest region of the world. Tartarus is described as a dank, gloomy pit, surrounded by a wall of bronze and shadows. It can be either very cold or very hot.

Zeu's brother, Pluto (Hades), rules the Underworld, called Tartarus. It is the place of punishment for evil people, sinners and the prison for defeated gods. The Titans were condemned to Tartarus after losing their battle against the Olympian gods. When Zeus overcomes the monster Typhus, born from Tartarus and Gaia, he hurls it too into the same abyss.


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