Hades | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece

Hades

Name

Hades

Sex

Male

Father

Crowns

Mother

Rhea

Hades is the god of the underground kingdom of the dead and the name of the kingdom of the dead itself, the entrance to which is located somewhere in the extreme west, beyond the Ocean River washing the earth. The eldest son of Kronos and Rhea, brother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Hestia and Demeter. The husband of Persephone, revered and called together with him.

Participates in myths or historical events:

The Birth of Zeus
Zeus' Fight with Typhon
The Kingdom of gloomy Hades
The Abduction of Persephone by Hades
Sisyphus
Hercules at Admetus
Kerber (eleventh feat)
Meleager
Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus in the underworld.
Achilles enters the battle with the Trojans
Odysseus on the island of the Sorceress Kirka
Odysseus descends into the realm of Hades