![]() Persephone was the only daughter of Demeter and Zeus and as such, Poseidon’s niece. Hades and Persephone – The Abductionĭosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Apart from two Nymphs that were said to have a short affair with the God, his heart was set on Persephone, the daughter of Demeter. Hades’ love life was simple and well-known. Zeus presided over the sky, Poseidon over the oceans and every liquid element, and Hades over the Underworld, the invisible realm to which the dead travel when they perish. The Olympian Gods won the battle and imprisoned the Titans in Tartarus, the deepest part of the Underworld.įollowing their triumph, Hades and his two younger siblings, Poseidon and Zeus, drew lots to decide whose kingdoms they would govern. Hades got his infamous helmet, which turned anyone who wore it invisible. Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon each got their weapons from the Cyclops. This led to Titanomachy, the ten-year battle between the Olympians and the Titans. In an act of revenge, the six siblings with some allies tried to overthrow the Titans and take their place in the Heavens. In this way, Zeus saved Hades together with Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia. The escaped Zeus returned and made his father cough up his siblings. Rhea managed at the last moment to save Zeus from his father, by giving Cronus to eat a swaddled rock. Fearful that his children would do the same to him, he swallowed them all. Cronus dethroned his father, Ouranos, and he reigned in the Heavens. Hades was the son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. To avoid calling him by his name, many Greeks also called him Underworld Zeus / Zeus Katacthonios. From then on, the name “Hades” would be used only to mean the underworld. The Romans used this name directly for God, turning it into Pluto. Plouton derives from « πλούτων», which means the wealth-giver and refers to the riches of the soil. This argument, however, seems to be highly improbable.Īn interesting fact is that, during the Classic Age in Greece, people did not call him Hades, but Plouton. Plato also confirmed this etymology in his “Republic”, saying that the soul in the underworld understands (= eidenai) the divine. ![]() There has also been an extensive argument in Plato’s “Cratylus”, where Socrates says that the name comes from the word ειδέναι (eidenai), meaning “ to know, to understand”, because he knows all the virtuous things. Museo nazionale romano di palazzo Altemps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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