As the boatman Charon had to be paid, to the dead was put into their mouth a coin. The concept of Paradise did not exist and the Underworld included the Elysiums Fields where the good remained in peace and the Tartarus where the evil were punished. Cerberus, the three head-dog, kept watch over the entrance of the Tartarus. The dead were judged by Minos, Rhadamanthus and Eacus, men of divine origin who had been renowned for their impartiality during their lives. Hades and Persephone ruled in the Underworld. Hades received this kingdom when he shared the universe with his brothers, Zeus and Poseidon.
