332 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS
The Underworld, Apulian red-figure krater by the Underworld painter, ca. 320 B.C.; di-
mensions not given. This large vase represents many of the myths of the Underworld. In
the center, Hades sits enthroned facing Persephone in a small temple. She is crowned
and holds a staff; chariot wheels hang from the ceiling, probably the wheels of the char-
iot in which Hades abducted Persephone. To the left Orpheus plays his lyre, and behind
him may be Megara and the children of Heracles. To the right a Fury stands next to a
seated judge of the Underworld, before whom is the soul of an old man. In the bottom
register Heracles drags off Cerberus, while Hermes points the way. To the left a Fury
lashes Sisyphus, and to the right Tantalus, wearing a Phrygian cap, reaches up towards
an overhanging cliff. In the upper register appear to be scenes of initiation, and on the
neck are the chariots of Helius and Selene, beneath which fishes symbolize the Ocean in
which their daily (or nightly) journeys begin and end. (Munich Antikensammlung, no. 3297.)