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, …

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 …

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 …

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Mar 9, 2023 · Mythology Tartarus, a dark primordial landscape below the earth and even Hades, was the home of a handful of sinners and hated enemies of the gods. Zeus, for example, cast …

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 …

Mar 9, 2023 · Rhea was a Greek Titan and mother of the Olympian gods. After her husband Cronus consumed their first five children, she saved her sixth baby, Zeus, by giving Cronus a …

Mar 9, 2023 · The Erinyes (“Furies”) were terrifying sisters who acted as goddesses of vengeance and retribution. From their grim home in the Underworld, the Erinyes punished crimes that …

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.

Sep 20, 2023 · Zeus was the powerful but flawed king of the Greek pantheon and the supreme god of the Greeks. He ruled over men and gods alike from his throne on Mount Olympus.