- Alternative names
- Dis Aidoneus Pluton
- Information
- Underworld god
- Rationalized form
- 👤 Aidoneus (rat. Hades)
- Son of
- 👤 Cronos 👤 Rhea
- Husband of
- 👤 Persephone
- Belongs to
- 👥 the Olympian Gods
- Ruler of
- 🌍 the Underworld
- Divine patron of
- 🌍 Pylos (Elis)
- Wounded by
- 👤 Heracles 🏺 the Bow of Heracles
- 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 👤 Doris (Oceanid) 👤 Electra (Oceanid) 👥 the Erinyes 👤 Eurydice (w. of Orpheus) 👤 Eurylochos (Ithacan) 👤 Ge (personification) 👤 Hera 👤 Hestia 👤 Ouranos 👤 Poseidon 👤 Rhea 🏺 the Stone of Cronos 👤 Zeus 🌍 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 👤 Merope (Atlantid) 👤 Metis 👥 the Moirai 👤 Neleus (Pylian) 👥 the Nereids 👤 Nereus 👥 the Oceanids 👤 Odysseus 👤 Sisyphos 👤 Sphinx 👤 Protesilaos 👤 Styx (Oceanid) 🌍 Tartaros 👤 Teiresias 👥 the Titans 👤 Triptolemos 🏺 the Bow of Heracles 🏺 the Club of Heracles 👥 the Cattle of Hades 🏺 the Horn of Amaltheia 🏺 the Golden Wand of Hermes 🏛️ the Chair of Lethe (Underworld) 🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) 🌍 Ithaca (island) 👤 Helios 🌍 Boiotia 🌍 Pylos (Messenia) 🌍 Phylace (Thessaly) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Mount Abas (Spain) 🌍 Sicily (island) 🌍 Ausonia (Italy) 🏺 the Cap of Hades 🏺 the Lion Skin of Heracles 🌍 the Gates of Acheron (Underworld) 🌍 River Acheron (Underworld) 🌍 Elis (city) 👤 Phaethon (s. of Helios) 👤 Paieon (healer) 👤 Eros 👤 Thanatos 👤 Admete (Oceanid) 👤 Ianthe 👤 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 🌍 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 👤 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
- 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 📖 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 📖 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 📖 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 ⚒️ 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 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 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses D-Scholia, Iliad Ovid, Metamorphoses Vergil, Georgics Euripides, Hecuba Callimachus, Hecale
- 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 📖 Euripides, Hecuba 1-58 📖 Nicander, Heteroeumena 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)