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Pluto is the Olympian god of the Underworld, death, and the dead, and is the Monarch of Hades. Much of the character's story parallels that of traditional Greek Myth.To wit, after defeating their father Cronus, Pluto and his brothers Zeus and Neptune as well as his sisters Hera, Hestia and Demeter drew lots to divide Cronus' empire among them.
Zeus breaks up a fight between Hercules and Thor with his thunderbolt, [3] but cannot break Hercules' contract with Pluto. [4] Zeus later battles Amatsu-Mikaboshi, who had kidnapped Ares' son Alexander, and is seemingly killed. [5] During the "Dark Reign" storyline, Zeus is revealed to have survived, but been captured by Pluto. [6]
In Greek mythology, the Titanomachy (/ ˌ t aɪ t ə ˈ n ɒ m ə k i /; Ancient Greek: Τιτανομαχία, romanized: Titanomakhía, lit. 'Titan-battle', Latin: Titanomachia) was a ten-year [1] series of battles fought in Ancient Thessaly, consisting of most of the Titans (the older generation of gods, based on Mount Othrys) fighting against the Olympians (the younger generations, who ...
The attack results in every Olympian being massacred, with Zeus being sent to the Underworld underneath his brother Hades. In the Underworld, it is revealed that there is a tentative alliance between Hades and Satan, who is having relations with Hades' wife, Persephone. A city is founded called Apollonia, named after the sun god Apollo, which ...
Persephone is the wife of Hades and the daughter of Demeter and Zeus. Hades only allows her to visit Demeter in the spring and summer and remain in the Underworld in the fall and winter. She is said to be able to "soften" Hades and make him more merciful. Unlike most minor gods, she sides with Olympus during the war against the Titans.
Unlike his freely procreating brothers Zeus and Poseidon, Pluto is monogamous, and is rarely said to have children. [36] In Orphic texts, [37] the chthonic nymph Melinoe is the daughter of Persephone by Zeus disguised as Pluto, [38] and the Eumenides ("The Kindly Ones") are the offspring of Persephone and Zeus Chthonios, often identified as ...
The role of unifying Hades, Zeus and Dionysus as a single tripartite god was used to represent the birth, death and resurrection of a deity and to unify the 'shining' realm of Zeus and the dark realm of Hades that lay beneath the Earth. [98] [103] Among the other appellations under which Hades or Pluto is generally known, are the following: [104]
Along with their mother, Bia and her siblings helped Zeus in his war against the Titans. The war, which was referred to as the Titanomachy, lasted for ten years, with the Olympian gods emerging victorious. Due to their heroic actions during the war, the four siblings won Zeus's respect and became his constant companions.