Hades

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Hades is the ancient Greek god of the underworld and the dead, ruling over the realm of the afterlife.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek god
chthonic deity
mythological character
abode House of Hades
Underworld
appearsIn Hesiod's Theogony
surface form: Hesiod’s Theogony

Homeric Hymns
Homer's Iliad
surface form: Homer’s Iliad

Homer's Odyssey
surface form: Homer’s Odyssey

Orphic tradition
Hesiod's Works and Days
surface form: Works and Days
associatedConcept burial
death
fertility of the soil
funerary rites
riches from the earth
the unseen
wealth
associatedFigure Charon
Erinyes
surface form: Furies

Hecate
Hermes
surface form: Hermes Psychopompos

Thanatos
associatedPlace Acheron River
surface form: River Acheron

River Cocytus
River Lethe
River Phlegethon
River Styx
avoidedName Hades self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hades (often euphemistically replaced by Plouton)
brother Poseidon
Zeus
category Greek underworld deities
afterlife deities
children of Cronus and Rhea
death gods
characterTrait inflexible
just
stern
consort Persephone
cultPlaces Elis
Pylos
Sicily
culture Ancient Greek religion
depictedWith Cerberus
Persephone
throne
domain afterlife
realm of the dead
underworld
epithet Aidoneus
Pluto
surface form: Plouton

Pluto
event participated in the Titanomachy against the Titans
received the underworld after the division of the cosmos among Cronus’s sons
greekName ᾍδης
language Ancient Greek
latinName Pluto
mythRole judge of the dead (in some traditions)
king of the underworld
nieceAndWife Persephone
notableMyth Heracles cycle
surface form: Heracles’ twelfth labor (capturing Cerberus)

Orphée et Eurydice
surface form: Orpheus and Eurydice

Theseus
surface form: Theseus and Pirithous in the underworld

abduction of Persephone
pantheon Olympian gods
parent Cronus
Rhea
romanEquivalent Pluto
rulesOver Asphodel Meadows
Elysian Fields
surface form: Elysium (as part of the underworld)

Tartarus
surface form: Tartarus (as part of the underworld)

Underworld
shades of the dead
the dead
sacredAnimal black ram
dog
sacredCreature Cerberus
sibling Demeter
Hera
Hestia
spouse Persephone
symbol bident
cornucopia
helm of invisibility
scepter
worshipType primarily chthonic cult

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Shades in the Underworld governedBy Hades
this entity surface form: Hades (god of the underworld)
Greek mythology hasDeity Hades
House of Hades namedAfter Hades
House of Hades governedBy Hades
Underworld alsoKnownAs Hades
Underworld ruledBy Hades
Underworld governedBy Hades
Asphodel Meadows partOf Hades
Asphodel Meadows associatedWith Hades
this entity surface form: Hades (god)
Cerberus servesDeity Hades
River Styx locatedIn Hades
Charon serves Hades
Charon worksFor Hades
Thanatos associatedWith Hades
Pluto (Roman god of the underworld) equivalentTo Hades
subject surface form: Pluto
Pluto (Roman god of the underworld) greekCounterpart Hades
subject surface form: Pluto
Arges weaponForgedFor Hades
Aidoneus alternateNameOf Hades
Aidoneus epithetOf Hades
Aidoneus rulesRealm Hades
this entity surface form: Hades (the underworld)
Despoina associatedWith Hades
Ploutonion dedicatedTo Hades
River Lethe relatedTo Hades
this entity surface form: Hades (god)
River Lethe flowsThrough Hades
this entity surface form: realm of Hades
Zeus and Hera sibling Hades
subject surface form: Zeus
Zeus and Hera sibling Hades
subject surface form: Hera
Styx associatedPlace Hades
ᾍδης equivalentName Hades
Ἠλύσιον opposedTo Hades
this entity surface form: Hades (general realm of the dead)
island of Aeaea relatedPlace Hades
subject surface form: Aeaea
this entity surface form: Underworld (Hades)