- Alternative names
- Dis Aidoneus Pluton
- Information
- Underworld god
- Rationalized form
- 👤 Aidoneus (rat. Hades)
- Identified with
👤 Osiris Egyptian god
Diodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosGreekLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)👤 Sarapis a form of the syncretised Egyptian gods Osiris-Apis
Diodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosGreekLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)
- Son of
👤 Rhea Titan
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Hesiod, TheogonyEpicHesiodGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)HesiodHomer, IliadHomerLucian, On FuneralsLucianLucianD-Scholia, IliadD-ScholiaLate Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)Lucian, The Dance👤 Cronos Titan, father of Zeus
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Hesiod, TheogonyEpicHesiodGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)HesiodHomer, IliadHomerLucian, On FuneralsLucianLucianD-Scholia, IliadD-ScholiaLate Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)Lucian, The Dance Homeric Hymn 2 to DemeterEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Homeric HymnOvid, MetamorphosesOvidLatin
- Husband of
👤 Persephone daughter of Demeter
Homeric Hymn 2 to DemeterGreekEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Homeric HymnLucian, Dialogues of the DeadLucianMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)LucianEuripides, AlcestisTragedy & SatyrEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
EuripidesServius, Scholia on GeorgicsMythography & HistoriographyServiusLatinLate Antiquity (ca. 306-610 CE)Vergil, GeorgicsVergilEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Late Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Lycophron, AlexandraLycophronEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Middle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE)Callimachus, HecaleCallimachusEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)CallimachusHesiod, Catabasis of PeirithousEpicHesiodGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Hesiod Minyad
- Ruler of
🌍 the Underworld realm of Hades
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Homer, IliadEpicHomerGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Lucian, Dialogues of the DeadLucianLucianLucian, On FuneralsLucian, Charon, or the Inspectors🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Capitoline 249; ASR III. 3, no. 392, pl. 125)Funerary ContainerLate Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)Exclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO ConventionMusei Capitolini / Capitoline Museums, RomeSophocles, ElectraTragedy & SatyrSophoclesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
Sophocles
- Divine patron of
🌍 Pylos (Elis) city in Elis
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Wounded by
👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Homer, IliadEpicHomerGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasPanyassis, HeracleiaPanyassisEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)🏺 the Bow of Heracles weapon of Heracles, later given to Philoctetes
Homer, IliadEpicHomerGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Cult sites
- 🌍 Elis (city) 🌍 Mysia (Argolid) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Clymenos at Hermion (Argolid) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Itonia at Coroneia (Boiotia) 🌍 Triphylia 🌍 the Sanctuary of Plouton at Acharaca (Asia Minor)
- Animals
- 👤 Cerberos (dog) 👥 the Cattle of Hades
- Related Entities
- 👤 Admetos (Argonaut) 👤 Aiacos 👤 Aithousa 👤 Alcestis 👤 Althaia 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Apollo 👤 Ares 👤 Artemis 👤 Asclepios 👤 Athena 👤 Callirhoe (Oceanid) 👤 Cerberos (dog) 👤 Circe 👤 Clotho 👤 Cronos 👥 the Cyclopes (thunderbolt-makers) 👤 Demeter 👤 Dionysos (Olympian) 👤 Doris (Oceanid) 👤 Electra (Mycenaean) 👤 Electra (Oceanid) 🌍 the Elysian Fields 👥 the Erinyes 👤 Eurydice (w. of Orpheus) 👤 Eurylochos (Ithacan) 👤 Ge 👤 Hera 👤 Hestia 👤 Ouranos 👤 Poseidon 👤 Rhea 🏺 the Stone of Cronos 👤 Zeus (Olympian) 🌍 the Underworld 👤 Hecabe 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Hyacinthos (Spartan) 👤 Iolaos 👤 Laodameia (w. of Protesilaos) 🌍 Corinth (Argolid) 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Crete (island) 👤 Theseus 👤 Typhon 👤 Orpheus 👤 Peirithous (Lapith) 👤 Hecate (goddess) 👥 the Horai 👥 the Hundred-Handers 👤 Persephone 👤 Meleagros 👤 Menoites (cattle-herder) 👤 Merope (Atlantid) 👤 Metis 👥 the Moirai 👤 Neleus (Pylian) 👥 the Nereids 👤 Nereus 👥 the Oceanids 👤 Odysseus 👤 Sarapis 👤 Sisyphos 👤 Sphinx 👤 Protesilaos 👤 Styx (Oceanid) 👤 Tantalos (Lydian) 🌍 Tartaros 👤 Teiresias 👥 the Titans 👤 Tityos 👤 Triptolemos 🏺 the Bow of Heracles 🏺 the Club of Heracles 👥 the Cattle of Hades 🏺 the Horn of Amaltheia 👥 the Danaids 🏺 the Golden Wand of Hermes 🏛️ the Chair of Lethe (Underworld) 🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 🌍 Ithaca (island) 👤 Helios 🌍 Boiotia 🌍 Pylos (Messenia) 🌍 Phylace (Thessaly) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Mount Abas (Iberia) 🌍 Sicily (island) 🌍 Ausonia (Italy) 🏺 the Cap of Hades 🏺 the Lion Skin of Heracles 🌍 the Gates of Acheron (Underworld) 🌍 River Acheron (Underworld) 🌍 Elis (city) 🌍 Pheneos (Arcadia) 👤 Phaethon (s. of Helios) 👤 Paieon (healer) 👤 Eros 👤 Thanatos 👤 Admete (Oceanid) 👤 Ianthe (Oceanid) 👤 Ourania (Oceanid) 👤 Rhodeia (Oceanid) 👤 Galaxaura 👤 Melobosis 👤 Plouto (Oceanid) 👤 Ianeira (Oceanid) 👤 Acaste 👤 Chryseis (Oceanid) 👤 Calypso (Oceanid) 👤 Tyche 👤 Ocyrhoe (Oceanid) 👥 the Olympian Gods 👤 Phobos 🌍 Erebos (Underworld) 🌍 River Periphlegethon (Underworld) 🌍 River Cocytos (Underworld) 👤 Leucippe (Oceanid) 👤 Ocnos 👤 Perimedes (Ithacan) 👤 Polyboia (d. of Amyclas) 👤 Hygieia 👤 Phaino 👤 Charon (boatman) 🌍 Pylos (Elis) 👤 Cybele (goddess) 🌍 Mysia (Argolid) 🌍 Erineos (Eleusis) 🌍 the Rarian Plain (Eleusis) 🌍 the Site of Persephone's abduction (Argolid) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Clymenos at Hermion (Argolid) ⏳ the Search of Demeter for Persephone 🏺 the Chariot of Triptolemos 🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Itonia at Coroneia (Boiotia) 👤 Agon 🏛️ the Temple of Demeter at Eleusis 🏺 the Chariot of Hades 👤 Melite (Oceanid) 👤 Iache 👤 Rhodope (Oceanid) 🌍 Nysiοn Plain (unlocatable) 🌍 Triphylia 🏺 the Chariot of Helios 🏺 the Lyre of Orpheus 👤 Osiris 👤 Podagra 👤 Enyo (war-goddess) 👤 Metioche (Boiotian) 👤 Menippe (Boiotian) ⭐ Metioche and Menippe 🏛️ Spring Cyane (Sicily) 👤 Minthe 🌍 Mount Minthe (Elis) 🌍 River Acheron (Elis) 👥 the Horses of Helios 🌍 Campania (Italy) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Plouton at Acharaca (Asia Minor) 🏺 the Helmet of Odysseus 🏛️ the Cenotaph of Hecabe (Sicily) 🌍 Lake Pergus (Sicily) 🌍 the Lakes of the Palici (Sicily) 👤 Cyane (Sicilian) 👥 the Daughters of Acheloos 👤 Ara 🏛️ the Chasm near Cyllene (Arcadia) 👥 the Underworld Serpents
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 1.24 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.34 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.10 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.12 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.7.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.2.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.3.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.15 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 44-68 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 662-711 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1174-1188 📖 Pausanias 4.30.4 📖 Pausanias 1.28.6 📖 Pausanias 1.38.5 📖 Pausanias 2.18.3 📖 Pausanias 2.36.7 📖 Pausanias 8.42.2 📖 Homer, Odyssey 10.508-11.49 📖 Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 1-32 📖 Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 51-89 📖 Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 334-356 📖 Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 375-385 📖 Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 405-433 📖 Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 441-469 📖 Euripides, Alcestis 238-279 📖 Homer, Iliad 9.529-9.581 📖 Homer, Iliad 5.381-5.415 📖 Homer, Iliad 15.184-15.199 📖 Pausanias 3.19.3-3.19.4 📖 Pausanias 2.35.9-2.35.10 📖 Pausanias 5.20.2-5.20.3 📖 Pausanias 6.25.2-6.25.3 📖 Pausanias 6.25.2-6.25.4 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.5-1.2.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.5.1-1.5.3 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 453-491 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 617-653 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 451-491 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 767-774 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 912-914 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 784-830 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 123 Most 📖 Sophocles, Electra 77-115 📖 Strabo 9.2.29 📖 Hesiod, Catabasis of Peirithous fr. 216 Most 📖 Eumelos, Titanomachy fr. 6 West 📖 Panyassis, Heracleia fr. 26 West 📖 Minyad fr. 7 West 📖 Bacchylides fr. 47 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 4.1 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 3.1 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 6.1 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 15.1 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 28.1-28.2 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 28.3 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, On Funerals 2 📖 Lucian, On Funerals 6 📖 Lucian, Menippus, or the Descent into Hades 1 📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 275-299 📖 Lucian, Charon, or the Inspectors 2 📖 Lucian, The Lover of Lies 25 📖 Lucian, The Dance 37 📖 Lucian, The Dance 80 📖 Pindar, Olympian 9 21-39 📖 Lucian, Gout 86-111 📖 Corinna fr. 656 PMG 📖 Diodoros, Library 1.25.1-1.25.2 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.609 📖 Euripides, Alcestis 326-365 📖 Euripides, Alcestis 435-475 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 6.153 📖 Strabo 8.3.14 📖 Strabo 8.3.15 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.201-2.271 📖 Servius, Scholia on Georgics 1.19 📖 Servius, Scholia on Georgics 1.39 📖 Strabo 14.1.44-14.1.45 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 11.690 📖 Vergil, Georgics 1.276-1.286 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 15.229 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.332-5.384 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.385-5.437 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.438-5.532 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.533-5.571 📖 Euripides, Hecuba 1-58 📖 Callimachus, Hecale fr. 100 Hollis 📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 25 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.1-10.85 📖 Sophocles, Antigone 806-838 📖 Sophocles, Antigone 1192-1243 📖 Euripides, Helen 1301-1368 📖 Sophocles, Electra 161-253 📖 Conon, Narrations 15 📖 Pliny, Natural History 34.69 📖 Pliny, Natural History 35.108 📖 Conon, Narrations 45 ⚒️ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668) 📜 P.Mich. inv. 1447 verso
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Homer, Iliad Hesiod, Theogony Lycophron, Alexandra Homer, Odyssey Minyad Pausanias Corinna Euripides, Alcestis Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter Hesiod, Ehoiai Euripides, Phoenician Women Sophocles, Electra Strabo Hesiod, Catabasis of Peirithous Eumelos, Titanomachy Panyassis, Heracleia Bacchylides Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead Lucian, On Funerals Lucian, Menippus, or the Descent into Hades Callimachus, Hymn to Delos Lucian, Charon, or the Inspectors Lucian, The Lover of Lies Lucian, The Dance Pindar, Olympian 9 Lucian, Gout Diodoros, Library Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses D-Scholia, Iliad Ovid, Metamorphoses Servius, Scholia on Georgics Vergil, Georgics Euripides, Hecuba Callimachus, Hecale Sophocles, Antigone Conon, Narrations Euripides, Helen Pliny, Natural History
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 405-433 📖 Homer, Iliad 5.381-5.415 📖 Homer, Iliad 11.670-11.695 📖 Corinna fr. 656 PMG 📖 Pherecydes of Athens fr. 119 Fowler 📖 Demetrios of Scepsis BNJ 2013 fr. 59 📖 Vergil, Georgics 1.1-1.42 📖 Euripides, Hecuba 1-58 📖 Nicander, Metamorphoses fr. 57 Gow-Scholfield
- Depictions
- 🎨 Attic Red-Figure Krater in the manner of the Jena Painter (CAMU Δ 188; Beazley 30263; LIMC Hades 72) 🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Vatican 1195; ASR III. 1, no.26, pl. 6) 🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Capitoline 249; ASR III. 3, no. 392, pl. 125) 🎨 Wall paintings from Colombarium of the Caecilii, Ostia (Gregoriano Profano 10790) 🎨 Wall paintings from Colombarium of D. Folius Mela, Ostia (Gregoriano Profano 10789) 🎨 Attic Red-Figure Hydria (BM 1868,0606.8; LIMC Demeter 368) 🎨 Attic Black-Figure Hydria attributed to the Leagros Group (BM 1843,1103.75)
- Reported depictions
- 🌍 the Sanctuary of the Semnai at Athens 🏛️ the Temple of Hera at Olympia 🎨 Throne of Apollo at Amyclai (LIMC Acheloos 219) 🎨 Bronze Statue of Hades and Persephone by Praxiteles (LIMC Persephone 177) 🎨 Painting of Persephone's Abduction by Nicomachos (LIMC Persephone 178)
- Relevant to local traditions reported from
- 🌍 Pheneos (Arcadia)