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Hades is the god of the underworld. He is also known as Pluto, Plouton, Dis (Roman), and Aidoneus. His attributes in iconography are the cornucopia and the sceptre.

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Texts

Birth

• Apollodorus 1.1.6

• Hesiod: Theogony 455

Domain

• Apollodorus 1.2.2

• Pausanias 5.20.3

• Hesiod: Theogony 766

• Homer: Iliad 15.185

Marriage or "The Rape of Persephone"

• Apollodorus 1.5.2

• Homeric Hymn 2.1, Homeric Hymn 2.40, Homeric Hymn 2.292, Homeric Hymn 2.347, Homeric Hymn 2.398

Other Encounters

• Orpheus and Eurydice: Apollodorus 1.3.3

• Aeacus: Apollodorus 3.12.7

• Herakles: Apollodorus 2.6.1, Apollodorus 2.7.3, Homer: Iliad 5.395, Apollodorus 1.9.15

• Theseus and Pirithous: Apollodorus e 1.24

• Hermes: Homeric Hymn 4.550

• Zeus: Plato: Gorgias 523b, Plato: Gorgias 523e

Also see Hades images.

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