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πŸ‘€ Hades

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  • Information
    Underworld god
    Rationalized form
    πŸ‘€ Aidoneus (rat. Hades)
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41410 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152262
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/9UmPRg3dRWKUgIO_dp1Fgwg https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/cB20WKGeSsC501sdFJalFww
    Gender
    Male
    Identified with
    πŸ‘€ Osiris Egyptian godπŸ‘€ Sarapis a form of the syncretised Egyptian gods Osiris-Apis
    Appearance and powers
    Can metamorphose others
    Birth
    Birth is narrated
    Son of
    πŸ‘€ Rhea TitanπŸ‘€ Cronos Titan, father of Zeus
    Husband of
    πŸ‘€ Persephone daughter of Demeter
    Belongs to
    πŸ‘₯ the Olympian Gods
    Ruler of
    🌍 the Underworld realm of Hades
    Divine patron of
    🌍 Pylos (Elis) city in Elis
    Wounded by
    πŸ‘€ Heracles greatest Greek hero🏺 the Bow of Heracles weapon of Heracles, later given to Philoctetes
    Cult sites
    🌍 the Sanctuary of Plouton at Acharaca (Asia Minor)🌍 the Temple of Clymenos on Mount Pron (Argolid) likely within the sanctuary of Demeter🌍 Elis (city) city in Elis🌍 Mysia (Argolid) in the Argolid🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Itonia at Coroneia (Boiotia)🌍 Triphylia region in Elis
    Animals
    πŸ‘€ Cerberos (dog)  πŸ‘₯ the Cattle of Hades
    Related entities
    πŸ‘€ Theseus Athenian heroπŸ‘€ Peirithous (Lapith) Calydonian Boar hunter, companion of TheseusπŸ›οΈ the Chair of Lethe (Underworld) in the UnderworldπŸ‘₯ the Underworld Serpents serpents that guard Theseus and Peirithous in the UnderworldπŸ‘€ Heracles greatest Greek hero🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaπŸ‘€ Cronos Titan, father of ZeusπŸ‘€ Demeter Olympian goddessπŸ‘€ Hera Olympian goddessπŸ‘€ Hestia Olympian goddessπŸ‘€ Poseidon Olympian godπŸ‘€ Rhea TitanπŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian) Olympian godπŸ‘€ Ge personification of EarthπŸ‘€ Ouranos father of Cronos🏺 the Stone of Cronos used to deceive CronosπŸ‘€ Metis Oceanid, mother of AthenaπŸ‘₯ the Cyclopes (thunderbolt-makers) sons of Ouranos and Ge, makers of Zeus' thunderbolts🏺 the Cap of Hades makes wearer invisible, used by Hermes🌍 the Underworld realm of HadesπŸ‘€ Eurydice (w. of Orpheus)πŸ‘€ Orpheus husband of EurydiceπŸ‘€ Persephone daughter of Demeter🌍 Old Hermion (Argolid) a Mycenaean city in the southern Argolid, in ruins in the historical periodπŸ‘€ Odysseus king of Ithaca, leader of the Cephallenian contingent at TroyπŸ‘€ Teiresias Theban prophet🌍 Ithaca (island) island in the Ionian SeaπŸ‘€ Admetos (Argonaut) Calydonian boar hunter, ArgonautπŸ‘€ Alcestis daughter of Pelias, wife of AdmetosπŸ‘€ Menoites (cattle-herder) herder of Hades' cattleπŸ‘₯ the Cattle of Hades herds belonging to Hades pastured in various places🌍 Mount Abas (Iberia) unlocatable mountain near ErytheiaπŸ‘€ Cerberos (dog) three-headed guardian dog of the underworld🏺 the Lion Skin of Heracles used as a cloak🌍 the Gates of Acheron (Underworld)🌍 Pylos (Messenia) city in Messenia, kingdom of Nestor🏺 the Bow of Heracles weapon of Heracles, later given to Philoctetes🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) mountain in northern Greece, home of the Olympian GodsπŸ‘€ Paieon (healer) physician of the godsπŸ‘₯ the Hundred-Handers sons of Ouranos and Ge🌍 Erebos (Underworld) location in the Underworld, 'darkness'πŸ‘₯ the Olympian GodsπŸ‘€ Althaia daughter of Thestios, mother of MeleagrosπŸ‘₯ the Erinyes personifications of vengeanceπŸ‘€ Meleagros led Calydonian Boar hunt, Argonaut🌍 Ausonia (Italy) region of southern ItalyπŸ‘€ Electra (Oceanid) OceanidπŸ‘€ Ianthe (Oceanid) OceanidπŸ‘€ Melobosis OceanidπŸ‘€ Tyche personification of fortune, luckπŸ‘€ Ocyrhoe (Oceanid) OceanidπŸ‘€ Leucippe (Oceanid) daughter of Oceanos, friend of PersephoneπŸ‘€ Phaino one of Persephone's friends, daughter of OceanosπŸ‘€ Aphrodite Olympian goddessπŸ‘€ Artemis Olympian goddessπŸ‘€ Athena Olympian goddessπŸ‘€ Hyacinthos (Spartan) loved by Apollo, associated with the flowerπŸ‘₯ the Horai personifications of natural orderπŸ‘₯ the Moirai the FatesπŸ‘€ Polyboia (d. of Amyclas) sister of HyacinthosπŸ‘€ Hermes Olympian god🌍 Erineos (Eleusis) location near Eleusinian Cephisos where Hades abducts Persephone🌍 the Site of Persephone's abduction (Argolid) near Lerna, marked by a peribolos of stones🌍 the Temple of Clymenos on Mount Pron (Argolid) likely within the sanctuary of DemeterπŸ‘€ Apollo Olympian godπŸ‘€ Ares Olympian godπŸ‘€ Asclepios son of Apollo, god of healingπŸ‘€ Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian godπŸ‘€ Hygieia personification of Health, daughter of AsclepiosπŸ‘€ Cybele (goddess) 'Mother of the Gods'πŸ›οΈ the Temple of Hera at Olympia in the Sanctuary of Olympian ZeusπŸ‘€ Agon personification of competition, contest🌍 Elis (city) city in Elis🌍 Pylos (Elis) city in ElisπŸ‘€ Circe daughter of Helios and Perseis, encountered by OdysseusπŸ‘€ Eurylochos (Ithacan) companion of Odysseus🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) river encircling the world🌍 River Acheron (Underworld) river in the Underworld🌍 River Periphlegethon (Underworld) river in the Underworld🌍 River Cocytos (Underworld) river in the UnderworldπŸ‘€ Perimedes (Ithacan) one of Odysseus' companionsπŸ‘€ Hecate (goddess)πŸ‘₯ the Oceanids daughters of Oceanos and TethysπŸ‘€ Helios personification of the sun🏺 the Chariot of Hades🌍 NysiΞΏn Plain (unlocatable) location where Hades abducts Persephone⏳ the Search of Demeter for PersephoneπŸ›οΈ the Temple of Demeter at EleusisπŸ‘€ Callirhoe (Oceanid) daughter of OceanosπŸ‘€ Styx (Oceanid) Oceanid, personification of river of the underworldπŸ‘€ Admete (Oceanid) OceanidπŸ‘€ Ourania (Oceanid) OceanidπŸ‘€ Rhodeia (Oceanid) OceanidπŸ‘€ Galaxaura OceanidπŸ‘€ Plouto (Oceanid) OceanidπŸ‘€ Ianeira (Oceanid) OceanidπŸ‘€ Acaste OceanidπŸ‘€ Chryseis (Oceanid) OceanidπŸ‘€ Calypso (Oceanid) OceanidπŸ‘€ Melite (Oceanid)πŸ‘€ Iache OceanidπŸ‘€ Rhodope (Oceanid)🌍 the Rarian Plain (Eleusis) plain near Eleusis where grain first grew🌍 Mysia (Argolid) in the ArgolidπŸ‘€ Charon (boatman) boatman of the underworldπŸ‘€ Sphinx monster that terrorises Thebes🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in BoiotiaπŸ‘€ Aithousa daughter of Alcyone🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Itonia at Coroneia (Boiotia)πŸ‘₯ the Titans children of Ouranos and Ge🌍 Crete (island) island in the AegeanπŸ‘€ Laodameia (w. of Protesilaos) wife of ProtesilaosπŸ‘€ Protesilaos first Greek killed at Troy🏺 the Golden Wand of Hermes🌍 Phylace (Thessaly) city in ThessalyπŸ‘€ Phobos personification of fearπŸ‘€ Enyo (war-goddess) goddess of warfareπŸ‘€ Aiacos son of Zeus and AiginaπŸ‘€ Thanatos personification of deathπŸ‘€ Clotho one of the MoiraiπŸ‘€ Podagra personification of goutπŸ‘€ Metioche (Boiotian) daughter of OrionπŸ‘€ Menippe (Boiotian) daughter of Orion⭐ Metioche and MenippeπŸ‘€ Osiris Egyptian godπŸ‘€ Sarapis a form of the syncretised Egyptian gods Osiris-ApisπŸ‘€ Sisyphos son of Aiolos, king of Corinth, punished in the Underworld🌍 Corinth (Argolid) city in the ArgolidπŸ‘€ Merope (Atlantid) daugher of Atlas, wife of Sisyphos🏺 the Thunderbolt of ZeusπŸ‘€ Minthe lover of Hades transformed into mint🌍 Triphylia region in Elis🌍 Mount Minthe (Elis)🌍 River Acheron (Elis) tributary of the Alpheios flowing from Mt Minthe🌍 the Elysian Fields place of happy afterlife for heroes🌍 the Sanctuary of Plouton at Acharaca (Asia Minor)🌍 Tartaros place of punishmentπŸ‘€ Doris (Oceanid) Oceanid, mother of the NereidsπŸ‘₯ the Nereids daughters of NereusπŸ‘€ Nereus son of Pontos and Ge, father of the NereidsπŸ‘€ Phaethon (s. of Helios) son of Helios🏺 the Chariot of HeliosπŸ‘₯ the Horses of Helios pull chariot of HeliosπŸ‘€ Iolaos son of Iphicles, companion of Heracles🏺 the Club of Heracles weapon of Heracles🏺 the Horn of AmaltheiaπŸ‘€ Neleus (Pylian) son of Poseidon and Tyro, father of Nestor🌍 Campania (Italy) a region in southern Italy🏺 the Helmet of Odysseus dedicated in Campania to Persephone and HadesπŸ‘€ Hecabe wife of PriamπŸ›οΈ the Cenotaph of Hecabe (Sicily) located on Pachynos, in south-west SicilyπŸ‘€ Typhon son of Ge🌍 Sicily (island) island near ItalyπŸ‘€ Eros personification of loveπŸ›οΈ Spring Cyane (Sicily)🌍 Lake Pergus (Sicily) lake near Enna🌍 the Lakes of the Palici (Sicily) pools between Henna and SyracuseπŸ‘€ Cyane (Sicilian) eponym of spring in SicilyπŸ‘₯ the Daughters of Acheloos transformed into the SirensπŸ‘€ Ocnos punished in the underworld, makes rope only to have it devoured by donkey🌍 Boiotia region on the Greek mainlandπŸ‘€ Tantalos (Lydian) father of Pelops and Niobe, punished in the underworldπŸ‘€ Tityos earth-born giant, attempts to rape LetoπŸ‘₯ the Danaids daughters of Danaos🏺 the Lyre of OrpheusπŸ‘€ Triptolemos Eleusinian, spreader of agriculture🏺 the Chariot of Triptolemos given to him by DemeterπŸ‘€ Electra (Mycenaean) daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaimnestra🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) city in the ArgolidπŸ‘€ Ara personification of curse🌍 Pheneos (Arcadia) city in ArcadiaπŸ›οΈ the Chasm near Cyllene (Arcadia) location of Hades' abduction of Persephone
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 1.24πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 1.1.5-1.2.1πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 1.2.1πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 1.3.2πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 1.5.1-1.5.3πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 7.34πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 1.9.15πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.5.10πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.5.12πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.7.3πŸ“– Homer, Iliad 5.381-5.415πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 44-68πŸ“– Hesiod, Theogony 453-491πŸ“– Hesiod, Theogony 617-653πŸ“– Hesiod, Theogony 451-491πŸ“– Hesiod, Theogony 767-774πŸ“– Hesiod, Theogony 912-914πŸ“– Homer, Iliad 9.529-9.581πŸ“– Homer, Iliad 15.184-15.199πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 662-711πŸ“– Pausanias 4.30.4πŸ“– Pausanias 3.19.3-3.19.4πŸ“– Pausanias 1.28.6πŸ“– Pausanias 1.38.5πŸ“– Pausanias 2.36.7πŸ“– Pausanias 2.35.9-2.35.10πŸ“– Pausanias 8.42.2πŸ“– Pausanias 5.20.2-5.20.3πŸ“– Pausanias 6.25.2-6.25.3πŸ“– Pausanias 6.25.2-6.25.4πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 10.508-11.49πŸ“– Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 1-32πŸ“– Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 51-89πŸ“– Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 334-356πŸ“– Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 375-385πŸ“– Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 405-433πŸ“– Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 441-469πŸ“– Pausanias 2.18.3πŸ“– Euripides, Alcestis 238-279πŸ“– Euripides, Phoenician Women 784-830πŸ“– Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 123 MostπŸ“– Strabo 9.2.29πŸ“– Hesiod, Catabasis of Peirithous fr. 216 MostπŸ“– Eumelos, Titanomachy fr. 6 WestπŸ“– Panyassis, Heracleia fr. 26 WestπŸ“– Minyad fr. 7 WestπŸ“– Bacchylides fr. 47πŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 4.1 MacLeodπŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 3.1 MacLeodπŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 6.1 MacLeodπŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 15.1 MacLeodπŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 28.1-28.2 MacLeodπŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 28.3 MacLeodπŸ“– Lucian, On Funerals 2πŸ“– Lucian, On Funerals 6πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 275-299πŸ“– Lucian, Charon, or the Inspectors 2πŸ“– Lucian, The Lover of Lies 25πŸ“– Lucian, The Dance 80πŸ“– Pindar, Olympian 9 21-39πŸ“– Lucian, Gout 86-111πŸ“– Corinna fr. 656 PMGπŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.25.1-1.25.2πŸ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 1.609πŸ“– Euripides, Alcestis 435-475πŸ“– Euripides, Alcestis 326-365πŸ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 6.153πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.71.1-4.71.4πŸ“– Strabo 8.3.14πŸ“– Strabo 8.3.15πŸ“– Lucian, The Dance 37πŸ“– Servius, Scholia on Georgics 1.19πŸ“– Servius, Scholia on Georgics 1.39πŸ“– Strabo 14.1.44-14.1.45πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.201-2.271πŸ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 11.690πŸ“– Vergil, Georgics 1.276-1.286πŸ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 15.229πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 1174-1188πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.332-5.384πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.385-5.437πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.438-5.532πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.533-5.571πŸ“– Lucian, Menippus, or the Descent into Hades 1βš’οΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)πŸ“œ P.Mich. inv. 1447 versoπŸ“– Callimachus, Hecale fr. 100 HollisπŸ“– Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 25πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.1-10.85πŸ“– Euripides, Hecuba 1-58πŸ“– Sophocles, Antigone 1192-1243πŸ“– Euripides, Helen 1301-1368πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 77-115πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 161-253πŸ“– Sophocles, Antigone 806-838πŸ“– Conon, Narrations 15πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 34.69πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 35.108πŸ“– Conon, Narrations 45
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadLycophron, AlexandraHesiod, TheogonyPausaniasHomer, Odyssey Homeric Hymn 2 to DemeterEuripides, AlcestisEuripides, Phoenician WomenHesiod, EhoiaiStraboHesiod, Catabasis of PeirithousEumelos, TitanomachyPanyassis, Heracleia MinyadBacchylidesLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, Dialogues of the DeadLucian, On FuneralsCallimachus, Hymn to DelosLucian, Charon, or the InspectorsLucian, The Lover of LiesLucian, The DancePindar, Olympian 9Lucian, GoutCorinnaDiodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, IliadServius, Scholia on GeorgicsOvid, MetamorphosesVergil, GeorgicsLucian, Menippus, or the Descent into HadesCallimachus, HecaleAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesEuripides, HecubaSophocles, AntigoneEuripides, HelenSophocles, ElectraConon, NarrationsPliny, Natural History
    Depictions
    πŸ›οΈ the Temple of Hera at Olympia in the Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Pheneos (Arcadia) city in Arcadia
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