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, goddess of …

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 representations, Cerberus …

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 tricked her into …

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 Cerberus keeps …

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.

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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 stone to …

Apr 24, 2023 · Demeter was a Greek Olympian goddess who reigned over crops, harvests, family, and fertility. She was closely connected with her daughter Persephone.

Mar 9, 2023 · Tartarus was a primordial deity and the embodiment of the deepest, darkest part of the Underworld. With Gaia, the personification of the earth, he fathered the terrible monster Typhoeus.

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.