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Hades: Goddess Persephone
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As the ruler of the underworld and the god of the dead, Hades is a very well known character in Greek mythology. Hades is the son of the famous Titan Cronus and was the brother of the god Zeus, the ruler of all the gods. Hades was rich with the wealth of the earth and had many precious metals. Hades' main function was to rule the underworld and give all the dead souls an afterlife, placing them where they belong for history. He was ... persistent and determined when doing tasks, as the myth of Hades and Persephone illustrates. Hades falls in love with the god Persephone, the daughter of the god Demeter. From then on, he tries to make Persephone be the queen of the underworld but her mother would not let her.
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H[A]des is one of the ruling gods of the Greek pantheon, the son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus, and husband of Persephone. With the division of the world that came following the overthrow of Cronus, Zeus took the sky, Poseidon the sea, and Hades the underworld; the earth was shared between them. Hades ... is regarded as a god of riches because precious stones and minerals as well as crops and water from springs come from the earth. This was one reason that he was called Pluto, the giver of wealth; the other reason was that no one wished to voice his deadly name. He rides in a black chariot drawn by four black horses. His underworld home is the House of Ais.
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Hades imprisoned Theseus and Pirithous, who had pledged to marry daughters of Zeus. Theseus chose Helen and together they kidnapped her and decided to hold onto her until she was old enough to marry. Pirithous chose Persephone. They left Helen with Theseus' mother, Aethra and traveled to the underworld. Hades pretended to offer them hospitality and set a feast; as soon as the pair sat down, snakes coiled around their feet and held them there. Theseus was eventually rescued by Heracles but Pirithous remained trapped as punishment for daring to seek the wife of a god for his own.
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Hades, Lord of the Underworld, fell in love (possibly as a result of one of Eros' arrows) and kidnapped Persephone by opening the earth beneath her. In the process a few pigs ... fell down in the hole. The swineherd, Triptolemus, was a witness to the abduction. Hades convinced Persephone to eat the food of the underworld, the seeds of the pomegranate. Once done, she could never fully leave the underworld. In some accounts, she stayed with Hades of her own free will.
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Hades and Persephone were charmed by the music and song of Orpheus, who had lost his wife Eurydice. Hades allowed Orpheus to bring his wife back to life, on the strict condition that Orpheus doesn't look at his wife until they reached the light on the surface. Orpheus looked back at his wife too soon, and her shade returned to the abode of the dead. Hades refused Orpheus entrance a second time.
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Hades is rarely represented in classical arts, save in depictions of the Rape of Persephone.[19][20] Hades is ... mentioned in The Odyssey, when Odysseus visits the underworld as part of his journey. However, in this instance it is Hades the place, not the god.
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