
Hades - Mythopedia
2022年12月7日 · Hades was also a fixture of the 1990s TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. In video games, Hades appears as a recurring …
Cerberus - Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · A servant of Hades (the Greek god of the dead), Cerberus prevented the inhabitants of the Underworld from returning to the land of the living. He was well suited to this …
Pluto – Mythopedia
2022年12月9日 · The name “Pluto,” rendered as Plūtō in the Latin, was derived from the Greek name Plouton, meaning “the wealthy one.” This name was an aspect of the deity Hades, one …
Persephone – Mythopedia
2023年3月9日 · In most Greek sources, such as Homeric Hymn 2, Persephone spent only one-third of the year with Hades and two-thirds with her mother. But in some Roman sources, she …
Greek Underworld Gods - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Overview. Ancient Greek mythology contained a small pantheon of gods associated with death and the Underworld. Their ruler was Hades, elder brother of Zeus and …
Tartarus – Mythopedia
2023年3月9日 · Tartarus, a dark primordial landscape below the earth and even Hades, was the home of a handful of sinners and hated enemies of the gods. Zeus, for example, cast his …
Dionysus - Mythopedia
2023年6月28日 · Dionysus, the son of Zeus and Semele, was a Greek god who represented the more spontaneous and unrestrained aspects of human experience. He was the god of wine, …
Mythopedia – Encyclopedia of Mythology
Greek Text Theogony. The Theogony, composed by Hesiod around 700 BCE, is an early Greek epic. It describes in detail the beginnings of the cosmos, the origins and genealogies of the …
Eros – Mythopedia
2023年3月9日 · Greek. Eros does not appear as a god in Homer (eighth century BCE), but he is important elsewhere in early literature, beginning with Hesiod (eighth/seventh century BCE). In …
Demeter – Mythopedia
2023年4月24日 · The mythology of Demeter was largely centered around the abduction and liberation of her daughter Persephone. It all began when Hades, the god of the Underworld, …