![]() ![]() Hades was a feared god of the Greek pantheon, but he was also regarded as a fair one, for he provided a balance to life, and of course everyone died. ![]() He had prominent horns because, according to one tradition, he had taught humans to tame oxen to plow their fields. The first incarnation of Dionysus was shown as a bearded man. The pair would be reunited as long as Orpheus did not look back during the exit from the Underworld, but the Greek hero did glance back, and so lost Eurydice until he himself died. Zeus went to the Underworld and conceived a child with Persephone in a story that was favored by many mystery cults. Hades was also merciful when Orpheus came and asked for the return of his wife, Eurydice. Hades agreed to the request as long as Cerberus was not hurt during the attempt. Heracles was actually in the Underworld undertaking one of his labours, a labour which involved the kidnapping of Cerberus, but rather than simply take the guard dog, Heracles would ask the permission of the god. Theseus would eventually be released by Heracles, but Pirithous would remain imprisoned for eternity. Hades though was well aware of the plans of the pair, and when they sat down to eat with the god, Hades would ensnare them both within stone chairs. Theseus and Pirithouswould travel together to the Underworld when Pirithous decided that he wanted Persephone to be his wife. Persephones mother, Demeter, goddess of agriculture. Hades would rarely leave his domain, and so stories of the god in Greek mythology were often based around visitors to his realm and even though no living person was supposed to leave the Underworld, many did. Hades, god of the Underworld, abducted Persephone and brought her to his kingdom to be his wife. Sometimes Hades was thought of as being Death, but in Greek mythology there was a separate god for this role, Thanatos, a son of Nyx. It is said that, every spring and summer, she sets off for the Upper World, and makes the. The soul of the departed were therefore the population of Hades' realm, but the god let the judging be done by others, and instead the god simple appreciated the fear and reverence that his position gave him. As it was told in the supposed myth, Persephone is a divided goddess. The dead would be judged as to how their lives had been led, and eternity might be spent in Tartarus, the Elysian Fields or the nothingness of the Asphodel Meadows. Today, it is common to think of the Greek Underworld as Hell, and indeed the name Hades is often used in place of the word hell, but the ancient Greek realm was more than hell, for whilst it contained Tartarus, the hell pit, it also included the Elysian Fields, paradise. The division was undertaken by the drawing of lots, and so Zeus became lord of heaven and earth, Poseidon received the earth's waters, and Hades was given the Underworld. Ancient Greek mythology has a bounty of wonderfully complex and scandalous love stories that cover adultery to murder, but this one is in a league of its own. V ictory meant that the cosmos now needed to be divided between the three sons of Cronus. ![]()
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