The
Necromanteion was an ancient Greek temple of necromancy
devoted to Hades and Persephone. According to tradition, it was located on the
banks of the Acheron river in Epirus, near the ancient city of Ephyra. This
site was believed by devotees to be the door to Hades, the realm of the dead.
The site is at the meeting point of the Acheron, Pyriphlegethon and Cocytus
rivers, believed to flow through and water the kingdom of Hades. The meaning of
the names of the rivers has been interpreted to be "joyless", "burning
coals" and "lament."
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