Hades
Hades (Greek: ᾍδης, Háidēs) is the king of the underworld (not to be confused with the god of the dead, Thanatos) in ancient Greek religion and myth. He is the eldest son of the Titans Kronos and Rhea and brother to Zeus, Poseidon, Hestia, Hera, Demeter and Chiron.
As the lord of the dead, Hades was greatly feared by the Greeks, and he had few temples or shrines dedicated to him. He was married to the goddess Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Hades’ symbols were the cornucopia, a sceptre, the cypress, narcissus, poplar and his Helm of Darkness; the screech owl was his sacred animal. His sacred fruit was the pomegranate, the fruit that Persephone ate one- third of when she was kidnapped and in the underworld.
Hades’ Roman equivalent was Pluto, whose name is merely a Latinization of the Greek Plouton.
Hades Media
Hades (right) and Persephone (left). Detail from an Attic red-figure amphora, c. 470 BC. From Italy
Hades and Persephone, 1864
Red figure volute krater with scene of the Underworld, follower of the Baltimore Painter, Hermitage
Hades abducting Persephone, fresco in the small Macedonian royal tomb at Vergina, Macedonia, Greece, c. 340 BC
Hades abducts Persephone, pot made and found in Taranto, 350-325 BC
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