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  1. Hades – Mythopedia

    Dec 7, 2022 · Hades was a fearsome Greek god and ruler of the Underworld. So dreaded by the Greeks that they didn’t dare speak his name, his most famous act was abducting Persephone, …

  2. Pluto – Mythopedia

    Dec 9, 2022 · Pluto was the Roman counterpart to Hades, the Greek deity who ruled the underworld of the same name. A wizened Pluto leans on his staff as his three-headed hound …

  3. Cerberus – Mythopedia

    Mar 8, 2023 · Cerberus, the terror-inspiring offspring of the primordial monsters Typhoeus and Echidna, was the guard dog of the Greek Underworld. In most literary and artistic …

  4. Persephone – Mythopedia

    Mar 9, 2023 · Persephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the wife of Hades, and the queen of the Underworld. Her most important myth tells of how Hades abducted her, then …

  5. Orpheus – Mythopedia

    Jun 30, 2023 · Orpheus was the most famous musician of Greek mythology. His music had power over all living things—though he could not save his bride Eurydice from death.

  6. Eros – Mythopedia

    Mar 9, 2023 · Eros, loveliest of the Greek gods, was the personification of passion and procreation who emerged at the beginning of the cosmos. He was often imagined as …

  7. Heracles – Mythopedia

    Jul 14, 2023 · Heracles, son of Zeus, was a hero famous for his physical strength and for performing the Twelve Labors. He was easily recognized by his lion skin, club, and bow.

  8. Hecate – Mythopedia

    Mar 9, 2023 · Hecate, daughter of Asteria and Perses, was a powerful but mysterious goddess usually associated with magic, witchcraft, and the Underworld. Though often an object of …

  9. Homeric Hymns: 2. To Demeter (Full Text) - Mythopedia

    (347–356) “Dark-haired Hades, ruler over the departed, father Zeus bids me bring noble Persephone forth from Erebus unto the gods, that her mother may see her with her eyes and …

  10. Tartarus – Mythopedia

    Mar 9, 2023 · Tartarus was a primordial deity and the embodiment of the deepest, darkest part of the Underworld. With Gaia, the personification of the earth, he fathered the terrible monster …