underworld
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And Mylette Nora’s costumes artfully conjure both the underworld and the spiritual realm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The actor, who previously starred in Downton Abbey, also joked there was no difference between the period drama and the criminal underworld of The Gentlemen.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The post-apocalyptic, jazzy New Orleans-style “Hadestown,” written by Anaïs Mitchell, is a mythical love story that follows young lovers Orpheus and Eurydice and the rulers of the underworld, Hades and Persephone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
He returns home in beggar’s clothes with a plan to pay penance to the scores of souls he unjustly sent to the underworld.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
In Homer the underworld is vague, a shadowy place inhabited by shadows.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
“This latest action marks a significant escalation in the partnership between the cyber underworlds of these two nations,” Chainalysis said on its blog.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
Globally, assorted gods have patrolled assorted underworlds for millennia, with death as their gloomy guard duty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
The “Uncut Gems” creators, Josh and Benny Safdie, are known for their merciless filmmaking style, made up of seedy underworlds and populated with first-time actors cast off the street.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2019
Ancient heroes who wished to grasp the truth of things had to pass through underworlds, or dwell in caves; sometimes, like Oedipus, they could see clearly only once they had been blinded.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 15, 2018
The powers of the underworlds are revealing themselves to me, and to me alone.
From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards
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Reading: Literature - Mythology - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Mythology - Middle School
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Ancient Greece: Mythology and Literature - Middle School
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