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 __Hades (Pluto)__

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__About Hades __  Hades is the brother of Zeus and Poseidon. His Roman name is Pluto. He kidnapped Persephone and made her his wife. He is the god of wealth, the ruler of the underworld, and the ruler of the dead. He has a cap that makes whoever is wearing it invisible. He is unpopular among the other gods and rarely leaves the underworld. The other gods dislike Hades because Hades schemes to overthrow Zeus occasionally. He also is hated because he traps souls who will not pay his servant the fare for the boat ride across the river Styx. Hades is unpitying and terrible, but he is not evil. He is in charge of death, also called Thanatos. He is also in charge of Cerberus. The Greeks disliked him because they hate death.



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__Hades Affecting Greek Culture __  The myth of Hades shows us that the Greek people hated death, but did not fear it. They thought Hades was a bad omen. It shows us that they thought respect was important. We are shown this by how much they hated Hades for not showing people respect because he did not care about what happened to them. Life was valued among the Greeks. You can tell this because Zeus does not like humans, so he lessens the number of humans by sending them to Hades, which is why the Greeks did not like Hades. The Greeks were afraid that they would be sent to the fields of punishment for all of eternity, but they were not afraid of death itself. []

__Connections to Modern Day__

-Hades relates to Bernie Madoff because he was rich, and is a bad man for doing the ponzy scheme

-He is related to Fidel Castro because he is powerful, rich, and mean to the Cuban people

-He is related to Ghadafi because he was a cruel ruler  __Works Cited__  Hamilton, Edith. //Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes//. New York, NY: Warner, 1999. Print. 