Greek name: Hades
Roman name: Dis Pater, Pluto
Epithets (Other Names): The Wealthy One
Parentage: Cronus-Rhea
Origin: personified earth
Concerns: the dead
Attributes: beard, rarely pictured
Spouse: Persephone
Lovers: None
Divine children:
Mortal children:
Major places of worship:
Important Myth: Rape of Persephone
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