Hades: God Of Wealth

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Hades

Hades was the God of the Underworld. He was also known as Pluto which meant he was the God of Wealth as well. Well, it was Plouton, but the Romans pluralized it to Pluto. He was son to Cronus, the Titan king, and Rhea, the Titan of Motherhood. Cronus and Rhea were also brother and sister. He had Poseidon, the 2nd oldest and Zeus, the youngest, as brothers and Demeter, Hestia, and Hera as his sisters. In Greek, his name means unseen. He was the God of the Underworld because; he and his brothers overthrew Cronus and the Titans and drew lots for their part of the universe. Hades was picked for the Underworld.
According to the Iliad, Hades’ dominion lies between secret places of the earth. But, according to the Odyssey, one must cross an
Hades was implacably just; he should never be thought of as the devil, a concept alien to committed good or evil deeds himself, without promoting from a good or evil force. Nor was Hades a punisher: he was never feared in that way because the Greeks never thought in this way. He was usually only harsh when souls tried to leave the Underworld and, or, tried to cheat death. Any man arrogant, stupid, or foolhardy enough to offend the gods, was punished by the gods, the lord of the nether world having no more or less to do with it than the other Olympians As Hades, he was the god to whom all must go sooner or later but, the living shrank to giving him a name to one who became their lord upon death. His presence was not welcomed by men or by gods. Hades is described by some sources as the god of the earth’s fertility. The destination of most of the dead were the field of Asphodel (Asphodel is a flower that grows in the barren of the
This person was Orpheus: trying to save the soul of his wife Eurydice. Orpheus had traveled to the Underworld to speak to the Lord of the Dead himself. He asked for a second chance for his wife. He got it when he played the most beautiful piece of music to Hades. He let Eurydice go with only on condtion , that once Orpheus should walk in front and never look back to see if Eurydicve was behind him when he got to the surface. After some distance walked, Orpeheus started doubt of Hades' word. He agave a quick glance back, only to see how Eurydice was pulled back into the

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