# Can you solve the riddle and escape Hades?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Dan Finkel
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_finkel_can_you_solve_the_riddle_and_escape_hades)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The underworld is overcrowded, and Zeus has ordered Hades to let some spirits out. Hades arranges all the souls of the dead in a line before Cerberus. When one of his three heads bites down on the soul in front of it, they'll get returned to the land of the living. Anyone to the left must stay in Hades forever. Can you pick the right spot and escape the underworld? Dan Finkel shows how. \[Directed by Artrake Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [Can you solve the riddle and escape Hades?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/dan_finkel_can_you_solve_the_riddle_and_escape_hades/aced9839a3ee), 5 min (TED's player)