Hades

Olympian-born lord of the dead, master of the helm of darkness.

Parentage

• father: CronusHesiod, Theogony 453–458 (primary)
• mother: RheaHesiod, Theogony 453–458 (primary)

Domains

• underworld

Powers

• Reigns over the dead and bars their return
• Becomes wholly unseen wearing his cap of darkness

Epithets

• Πλούτων greek · Plouton · cultThe wealth-giver; the euphemistic name (giver of earth's riches)Plat. Crat. 403a; Soph. Ant. 1200 (primary)
• Κλυμένος greek · Klymenos · cultThe renowned/famous one; euphemistic cult-title of HadesPaus. 2.35.9 (Hades Klymenos at Hermione) (primary)
• Πολυδέγμων greek · Polydegmon · hymnicHost of many / receiver of multitudes; he who receives all the deadHymn. Hom. Cer. 9, 17, 31, 430 (primary)
• Εὐβουλεύς greek · Eubouleus · cultGood counsellor; a chthonic euphemistic title linked to Hades/PloutonOrphic Hymn 18.12; cf. IG; Kerenyi, Eleusis (secondary)
• Ἀϊδωνεύς greek · Aïdōneús · literaryAïdoneus; the lengthened epic form of the nameHomer, Iliad 5.190, 20.61; Homeric Hymn to Demeter (2) 84 (primary)
• Ζεὺς καταχθόνιος greek · Zeùs katakhthónios · literaryThe chthonic Zeus; Zeus beneath the earthHomer, Iliad 9.457 (primary)

Relations

• sibling: HestiaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Cronus & Rhea) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• father: CronusHesiod, Theogony 453–458 (primary)
• mother: RheaHesiod, Theogony 453–458 (primary)
• counterpart of: PlutoLatin mythographic counterpart of the Greek record; identities and accounts remain distinct.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface; Hesiod, Theogony 453–458, 912–939 (primary)
• counterpart of: PloutonThe hymn addresses this deity in an Orphic ritual context; Greek genealogy is not imported.Orphic Hymns, 17 (Thomas Taylor numbering; modern hymn 18) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Hesiod, Theogony 455; Homer, Iliad 15.187 (primary)