Hades Misjudgement In Greek Mythology

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Hades misjudgement

One day in a valley in Greece a very beautiful girl lay in the sun picking flowers. Hades saw her and thought to himself i can marry her.One day Hades sent a demon to capture her.The demon brought her to the underworld a Hades said,Marry me girl or make me a thousand masks. She refused to marry her and she made him a thousand masks. Onse Zeus found out about hades kidnapping he was infuriated,for this was his daughter. Zeus sent on million soldiers to rescue her but they failed. Zeus gathered all of the other gods where they then created a plan. In the underworld Hades tried on all the masks except for one. When he tried on the last

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