Hades
God of the underworld in Greek mythology
Summary
Hades, in the ancient Greek religion and mythology, is the god of the dead and riches and the King of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although this also made him the last son to be regurgitated by his father. He and his brothers, Zeus and Poseidon, defeated, overthrew, and replaced their father's generation of gods, the Titans, and claimed joint sovereignty over the cosmos. Hades received the underworld, Zeus the sky, and Poseidon the sea, with the solid earth, which was long the domain of Gaia, available to all three concurrently.
Originally created by Pollux.perot.co.uk
3/2/2001, 10:36:00 AM
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Removed {{[[Template:Merge from|Merge from]]}} tag: AFD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pluto (mythology) closed as keep
Reason? It's not clear to me why these structural changes are preferable. The abduction myth definitely shouldn't be in a "Genealogy" section, and the family tree chart generally stays at the bottom of the article
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See LIMC, IV.1 p. 389: this is uncommon in Greek depictions
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Nominated for merging; see [[:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pluto (mythology)]].
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