HADES

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• The Greek name of the god of the underworld is Hades and the Roman name is Pluto
• Hades father is the titan Kronos and his mother is the titaness Rhea

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• Hades had a daughter, Makaria, with his wife Persephone. According to Orphic hymns they also are the parents of three Erinyes (furies): Aleketo, Megairia, and Tisphone

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• Hades is the first born son to the titan Kronos. His father feared that one of his children would over throw him so he swallowed each as they were born. His wife Rhea substituted a rock for the youngest child Zeus. Zeus caused the downfall of the titans and freed his siblings with a drink that made Kronos regurgitate them.

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• Hades brothers are Poseidon and Zeus
• His sisters are Hera, Hestia, and Demeter

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• Hades is the god of the underworld and the god of wealth
• His weapon is a pitch fork, which he uses to make earthquakes
• He also has a helmet of invisibility that he received as a gift from the cyclopses

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• The screech owl is the bird of Hades
• Snakes are also sacred to Hades because in the Orphics, the gods were identified with certain animals, for Hades it was the snake.

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• Hades is the king of the underworld and is rarely seen outside his domain

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• One day, Persephone goddess of spring and child of Zeus and Demeter was out gathering flowers. Hades arrived in his golden chariot drawn by four black horses and carried her off to his realm in the underworld, making her his queen.

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• Demeter, the goddess of the soil and crops, grieved over losing her daughter to Hades. She refused to allow grain to grow on the earth. Zeus sent Hermes, the messenger god, to negotiate the release of Persephone. Hades agrees to let her return to Mount Olympus, but gives her six pomegranate seeds to eat before leaving, tying her to him and the underworld. It was declared by Zeus that Persephone would spend part of the year with Hades in the underworld and the rest of the year with her mother on Mount Olympus. When Demeter grieves during the time Persephone is with Hades, no crops grow.

WEBSITES

• https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net/gods/hades/ https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130418104047AAqLVTf https://study.com/academy/lesson/hades-greek-god-of-the-underworld-mytholog... https://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Hades/hades.html https://www.thoughtco.com/greek-god-hades-118890 https://www.greek-gods.org/olympian-gods/hades.php http://greekmythology.wikia.com/wiki/Hades

THREE QUESTIONS

• What are Hades two main weapons and what do they do?
• What is Hades’ Roman name?
• How many seeds did Hades give Persephone and what type of seed were they?