Hades

great uncle, Hades you know.” Then that’s when Orpheus brought out his lyre. He played a sad meaningful song for his beloved Eurydice, and Charon was so touched by the song he finally agreed to row Orpheus across the Styx. The entire time Orpheus was playing the song he had played for the ferryman, making the ghosts look back over at him, or come closer to listen. When Hades heard the music he was thinking “Someone living is down here” But Hades didn’t know who it was. Whilst Hades was…

Hercules movie is not an acceptable adaptation to the myth. The movie is not accurate because it adds or does not include important events in the Hercules story. Many characters that were not in history show up in the Hercules movie. Some of Hercules’ most heroic deeds were not included in the movie. Even though Hercules was made for little kids and events had to be filtered out, Hercules is not an accurate adaption to the myth because it adds and switches characters and is missing key elements…

Persephone’s Abduction Persephone is the Greek Goddess of the blooming spring and the wife of Hades, the God of the Underworld; and daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the God of thunder and the sky, and the Goddess of the earth and grain. Persephone was said to be beautiful and kind, so much so that Hades kidnapped her to make her his bride, with the permission of Zeus of course. When Demeter found out about this, she went berserk, killing off all of the plants and nature around her until her…

The House of Hades Do you like the Greek and Roman gods? If you do, this book is for you. This book is about nine demigods that are helping the gods fight the titans and the giants. The demigods have to cross over the Atlantic into Greece where the titans and giants come up from the underworld. This is a thrilling book that is a good read for all ages. The main characters in this book are Jason, Piper, Percy, Annabeth, Frank, Hazel, Leo, Nico, and Coach Hedge. This story takes place in present…

The Hymn to Demeter is a song about the kidnapping and eventual induction of Persephone as the wife of Hades. Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and is portrayed as a young woman of marriageable age. As the wife of Hades, Persephone shares his domain, being given authority and power over all who reside in the underworld (line 364-369). Also, Persephone is able to reprimand those who are immoral or do not satisfy her with offerings and sacrifices (line 364-369). In the hymn,…

also a titan. Rhea was the daughter of Uranus, Gaea, Heaven, and Earth. She is the sister and wife of the Titan Cronus. At one point of time Rhea and Cronus ruled the universe. They had 6 children together. Their names were Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Cronus was afraid that one of his children would out rule him one day, so for that reason he swallowed all of his children except for Zeus. He would have swallowed Zeus too but Rhea kept it a secret that he was born. She gave…

queen when she willingly takes Hades’ offer of pomegranate seeds. Agha-Jaffar points out that the hymn describes her as “wise” before she takes the seeds, indicating that she has full knowledge of what she is doing. She only eats the seeds after Hades reminds her that she will be queen if she consents to stay. Persephone was in a bind. She was wanted by the king of the Underworld and her mother. She could not say no to either one. She had no agency. But when Hades was faced with the truth, that…

Demeter is that Hades the brother of Zeus asked if he can marry Persephone, Demeter’ daughter, so he steals her and takes her to the underworld with him; Demeter loving her daughter so much is sadden by her disappearance causes there to be a sort of winter. Soon Zeus sees that people are starving because Demeter refuses to let the seeds grow while her daughter is gone. Demeter finds out that Zeus let Hades steal Persephone to become his wife and wants Zeus to get her back, which Hades is okay…

diseases and the sun. Dionysus is the Greek god of wine, love making and drunken partying in Greek mythology. He is a benefactor of the theater, drama and an and agricultural. Though Hades is one of the Greek gods of Mt. Olympus, he mostly resides in the underworld with his wife, Persephone while ruling dead. Hades is dreaded and loathed since he represents the ever unfortunate event, death. Hephaestus is a Greek god of volcanoes, a craftsman and blacksmith and creator of the many weapons of…

women named Eurydice and he fell in love. He asked if she would marry him and she said she would and then they where married. While on a walk she was bit by a viper on the foot and died. She then went to the underworld that was controlled by Hades and Hades wife Persephone. Orpheus was sad because of what happened and he wanted here more then anything. So he decided he was going to make the journey to the underworld to bring back Eurydice. When he finally made it to the underworld he…