Hades Speaks!: A Guide to the Underworld by the Greek God of the Dead
What You'd rather not fly into the ground at top speed with me on my chariot Fine we'll go the boring way We'll walk down through one of my many secret cave entrances There's one right outside your bedroom Are you ready I've been waiting for you to visit me for a very long
DOWN DOWN DOWN I HOPE YOU RE NOT AFRAID of the dark If you are you might consider shutting this book and running outside to play with bubbles in the sunshine Seriously my world is the complete absence of
dark dim gloomy sinister you name it No birds chirping in the sunlight around here Instead you might find some bloodthirsty bats and even an occasional winged Fury screeching at us If you think you can handle it follow me into this cave entrance Ahhhh cold musty moldy wet darkness The blackness embraces you like a thick cloak of slime doesn't it I hope you're wearing comfortable shoes too It s a long way down My people the ancient Greeks were a strong hardy lot and would not have been fazed by this long descent into darkness The ancient Greeks lived more than 2 500 years ago and were responsible for many of the things you take for granted today such as democracy freedom of speech theater money the Olympic Games and crazy politicians In fact Greece is often called the cradle of Western civilization In other words without us you wouldn’t be you You may thank us for this gift later preferably with a sacrifice of gold In my name if you please Anyway so impressive were my people the Romans copied just about everything they could stealer I mean borrow from us including Greek architecture
