Greek underworld three rows like a collar round the neck, while above it grows the roots of the earth and of the unharvested sea." Tartarus is the place that Zeus cast the Titans along with his father Cronus after defeating them. Homer wrote that Cronus then became the king of Tartarus. While Odysseus does not see them himself, he mentions some of the people within the underworld who are experiencing punishment for their sins. The Asphodel Meadows was a place for ordinary or indifferent souls who did not commit any significant crimes, but who also did not achieve any greatness or recognition
Wicked Is the Vine Wicked Is the Vine Wicked is the Vine is a 1947 radio play by Sumner Locke Elliott. It was inspired by the Lizzie Borden murder. In 1918, two sisters, Sarah and Ellie Vinson, come into conflict. It results in murder.. Elliott wrote the play in Australia for "Lux Radio Theatre". It was one of the few original plays they had commissioned. He wrote it while trying to emigrate to the US. The original production aired in 1947 and starred Brenda Dunrich and Neva Carr Glynn. One listener wrote in complaining saying the show was "well acted and well produced, we