The Facts on Hades' Impact

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The Facts of Hades’ Impact
Hades has had a great influence on the Greek society throughout the years. He influenced the Greek society by providing them with a defined path of the afterlife. By doing so, he changed the Greeks’ way of thinking, as well as their behavior.
Hades, along with Zeus and Poseidon, was the son of Cronus and Rhea. Cronus, in fear of a prophecy that stated he would be overthrown by his own son, devoured each of his children as soon as they were born. However, “Rhea managed to save the youngest, Zeus, by … [feeding] Cronus a stone wrapped in the… clothes of an infant [instead]” (Atsma “Cronus”). Zeus then grew up, and forced Cronus, a Titan, to “disgorge them [Hades and the other siblings], and together they drove the Titan gods from heaven and locked them away…” (Atsma “Hades”). With the Titans gone, the cosmos was to be divided among the three brothers. Unfortunately, Hades was given the worst draw: the Underworld, as to where Poseidon received the sea and Zeus received the heavens and skies, despite the fact that Hades was the oldest and it was his “birthright to be named his father’s successor” (“Hades” Camp Wiki).
Hades, god of the Underworld, “rule[d] deceased mortals who have been given proper funeral rites and brought over from the land of the living to the other side” (“Hades God Underworld”). He was often characterized as a selfish and merciless ruler that was disliked among other gods, and feared among the Greeks. He “was a dread[ed] figure to the living, who were quite careful [as to] how they swore oaths in his name” (“Encyclopedia Mythology Hades”). His greed was clearly reflected in his great concern for the increase of his ghostly subjects. “Hades [once] complained about Apollo's son, the heal...

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