\paperw3990 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \cf7 The son of \b \cf15 \ATXht10332 Cronus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 \cf7 and\b \cf0 \ATXht11800 \cf15 Rhea\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , Hades, along wi
th his brother \b \cf15 \ATXht5 Poseidon\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 and sisters \b \cf15 \ATXht3 Hera\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 ,\cf0 \b \cf15 \ATXht10818 Hestia\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , and \b \cf15 \ATXht11 Demeter\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , was swallowed by his father until being deliv
ered by \b \cf15 \ATXht8 Zeus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , his other brother. He took part in the struggle with the\cf0 \b \cf15 \ATXht12014 Titans\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 \cf7 wearing a helmet given to him by the\cf0 \b \cf15 \ATXht10336 Cyclopes\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 \cf7
that made him invisible. The name Hades originally meant "Invisible."\par
When the universe was divided among the gods, he received the Underworld, known as\cf0 \b \cf15 \ATXht10800 Hades\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 \cf7 or Tartarus, while Zeus was given the Sky
and \b \cf15 \ATXht5 Poseidon\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 lordship over the Sea.\par
Although he belonged to the new generation of gods, Hades was not numbered among the Olympians because he never emerged into the light of day. His only direct contact was with \b \cf15 \ATXht12 Hermes\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , who had the task of accompanying the dead into the next world.\par
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In the \b \cf15 \ATXht10907 Infernal Regions\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , Hades ruled with an iron hand and permitted none of his subjects to return to t
he world of the living, apart from a few rare\cf0 \cf7 exceptions.\par
He was assisted in his task by demons and various spirits subject to his orders:\cf0 \b \cf15 \ATXht10319 Charon\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 ,\cf0 \b \cf15 \ATXht11316 Minos\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 ,
\b \cf15 \ATXht10315 Cerberus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , and so on. By his side, and no less cruel, reigned\b \ATXht11617 \cf15 Persephone\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , whom Hades abducted from her mother\b \cf4 \ATXht11 \cf15 Demeter\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 . Later, the god of t
he dead was obliged to return her but succeeded in binding her to his world for a third of the\b \cf0 \ATXht1020 \b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 year. No children were born from their union, although one tradition asserts that the infernal couple had generated the\cf15 \b \ATXht10511 Erinyes\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 .\par
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Hades appears rarely in legends, and his name was usually not spoken to avoid arousing his anger. He was mostly referred to by his epithets. The most common of these was\b \ATXht11627 \cf15 Pluto\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , which means "the Wealthy" and alludes to the riches hidden in the earth. This was the name that the Romans used for Hades.\par
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\ATXul1024 Appearances in literature\par
\ATXul0 - Aeschylus, \i Eumenides\i0 , 269 \i et sqq.\par
\i0 - A
pollodorus, \i Bibliotheca\i0 , 1,1,5; 2,1; 5,1 \i et sqq.\i0 ; 3 \i et sqq.\par
