Hades: God of the Underworld

By Max Villaire

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General Information

• Hades meant Underworld• Pluto means Leader of the dead• Hat which could make him invisible• Rarely visited Olympus

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Family

• Brothers: Zeus and Poseidon• Sisters: Hestia, Hera, and Demeter• Married to Persephone• Son of Cronus and Rhea

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Hades Abducts his Wife• Hades abducted Persephone when she was a

little girl• He tried to win her over honestly• Tempted her with a pomegranate that would

bind her to him.

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About the Underworld

• Cerberus guarded the underworld• Hermes lead the dead to the underworld• Charon lead the dead through the river Styx• Panel of judges: Rhadamanthus, Minos, and

Aeacus• Elysian fields

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Ancient Art

• Pottery• Hades and Cerberus

• Statue• Hades and Cerberus

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Bibliography• http://library.thinkquest.org/5656/ggods.htm• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto_(mythology)• http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/grecoromanmyth1/p/Had

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• http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/hades/p/aaHades.htm