Hades

Orcus, Pluto

The Olympian god of the underworld.

Genealogy

Rhea

Cronus

Chiron, Demeter, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, Zeus

Persephone

Group

Olympians

Places
  1. Hades
  2. Nowhere
  3. Pylos
  4. Unknown
Events
  1. Rhea gives birth to the Olympians
  2. Cronus swallows his children
  3. Olympians are vomited up by Cronus
  4. The Cyclopes give Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades weapons
  5. Zeus, Poseidon and Hades assume control of the sky, the sea and the underworld respectively
  6. Orpheus goes to Hades to get Eurydice
  7. Hades abducts Persephone
  8. Persephone is tricked into eating pomegranate seeds from Hades
  9. Hercules kills sons of Neleus
  10. Alcestis dies in Admetus’ place
  11. Hercules goes to Hades to get Cerberus
  12. Hercules wounds Hades
  13. Hades binds Theseus and Pirithous to the Chair of Forgetfulness
  14. Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades determine which third of the world they will each rule
  15. Hades fears Poseidon will crack the earth and expose his domain
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.5
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 2.1
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.2
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.1
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.3
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.2
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.15
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.10
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.12
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.3
  11. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 12.6
  12. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.24
  13. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.34
  14. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 755
  15. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 267
  16. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 381
  17. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 647
  18. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 835
  19. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 147
  20. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 555
  21. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 434
  22. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 402
  23. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 184
  24. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 619
  25. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 54
  26. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 28.6
  27. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 38.5
  28. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.3
  29. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 22.3
  30. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 24.4
  31. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 35.10
  32. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 36.7
  33. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 19.4
  34. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 24.11
  35. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 25.5
  36. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 25.6
  37. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 33.7
  38. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 20.3
  39. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 21.1
  40. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 25.2
  41. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 25.3
  42. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 18.3
  43. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 32.4
  44. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 48.6
  45. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 5.8
  46. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 23.4
  47. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 30.4
  48. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 31.5
  49. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 33.2
  50. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 34.5
  51. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 28.1
  52. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 28.5
  53. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 28.7
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