Hades

By DANIEL CONKOVICH
6th Period
Images of Hades
 Hades Family Tree

Gaea Uranus

Cronus Rhea

Demeter
Hades
Zeus

Persephone
 Overview of Hades
 God of the underworld
 He was the king of death, funerals, and the
deceased, and wealth.
 Older brother of Zeus and Poseidon
 Married to Persephone
 He was the supreme god of the earth deities so
he was sometimes referred to as chthonian
zeus.
 How he was worshipped
No temples were built to him. Only black
animals were sacrificed to him usually bulls.
 Symbols of Hades
 Cypress trees
 Narcissi
 Maiden hair fern
 Jewels, gem, gold, and silver
 Cerberus
 Helmet (turns wearer invisible
 Black Horses
 Persephone and Hades
Hades abducted Persephone with Zeus’
permission and married her.
 Orpheus
Orpheus’ wife died on the night of their wedding. So
he went to the underworld to try and plead for his wife.
He did not return with his wife.
 The Punishment of Sisyphus
Sisyphus had caught Zeus with the daughter of a
river god and told the river gods father. Hades
punished him by having him push a boulder up a
mountain for all eternity
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