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Plutus
God of wealth. Plutus was the son of the corn goddess Demeter and the mortal Iasion . Iasion was the son of Zeus and the Pleiad Electra , which mad...
By Jimmy Joe
Styx
An Underworld river-goddess. Styx was an Oceanid; the eldest daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She was the only female river goddess. She married the...
By Jimmy Joe
Hecate
Hecate was the daughter of Perses or Persaeüs (Persaeus) and Asteria , both of whom were offspring of the Titans. She had also been called a daught...
By Jimmy Joe
Ladon
Ladon was the dragon with a hundred heads which guarded the golden apples of Hesperides . Ladon could also speak with countless different voices. L...
By Jimmy Joe
Persephone (Kore)
A goddess of the underworld. Persephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter . She was known (or by her title) as Kore (Κόρη, "maiden"). The Romans...
By Jimmy Joe
Hades (Pluto)
Lord of the Underworld . Hades was the son of the titans, Cronus and Rhea . Hades was the god of the dead, and ruled his world with more absolute p...
By Jimmy Joe
Tartarus
Tartarus was the deepest region of the Underworld. It was said that it took nine days and nine nights for an anvil to fall from the earth's surface...
By Jimmy Joe
Elysian Fields
Hesiod called Elysium – the Isle of Blessed . Those mortals who were lucky to be favoured by the gods would dwell in Elysium , or Elysian Fields , ...
By Jimmy Joe
Underworld
The world of the dead or the netherworld was commonly viewed by the ancient religions to be a subterranean realm ruled by a god, a goddess, or both...
By Jimmy Joe
Astraeüs
Son of the Titans Crius and Eurybia . He was the brother of Perses and Pallas . By the goddess Eos , he was the father of Boreas , Zephyrus and Not...
By Jimmy Joe
Pallas
Pallas was the son of the Titans Crius and Eurybia . He was the brother of Perses and Astraeüs (Astraeus). He married the Oceanid Styx , and became...
By Jimmy Joe
Perses
Perses was the son of the Titans Crius and Eurybia . He was the brother of Astraeüs (Astraeus) and Pallas . He married Asteria and became the fathe...