hearthglow:You will find to the left of the house of Hades a springand standing by it a white cypres
hearthglow:You will find to the left of the house of Hades a springand standing by it a white cypress.Do not even approach this spring!You will find another, from the Lake of Memory,cold water pouring forth; there are guards before it.Say, “I am a child of Earth and starry Sky,but my race is heavenly. You yourselves know this.I am parched with thirst and am dying; but quickly grant mecold water flowing from the Lake of Memory.”And they themselves will grant you drink from the sacred spring.And thereafter you will rule among the other heroes.- Petelia Tablet, 4th cent. BCE, case from Roman era -- source link