Hades

= = Hades ﻿ ﻿ Son of [|Cronos] and [|Rhea], brother of Zeus and Poseidon, king of the [|Underworld], He grew up in Cronos' stomach. He is wedded to Persephone, daughter of Demeter, because he kidnapped her out of a garden on Sicily. She is forced to stay there for half the year because Hades fed her a pomegranate seed. Charon ferries the newly dead to the underworld for a charge of 2 gold coins, and [|Cerberus]devours anyone who may try to escape. Although Hades was a stern god who delivered cruel punishment, he was depicted rather calmly, more so as a keeper of the peace than the grim reaper. That being said, people did fear him. Out of fear for his name, they called him Plouton instead. Hades did have some compassion in him, he would occasionally release a life, but one would have to give him something in return (ch 34 Rouse). He was given his Helm of Darkness by the titans during the war with his Cronos.

In __The Lightning Thief__, Hades is depicted as a massive, evil creature who's sole objective is to kill. __The Lightning Thief__ also refers to his violent temper; when Hades gets angry he sends his swarm of undead soldiers upon Percy and his friends.

No Author. __Wikipedia__. No editor. September 19, 2010. Wikipedia. September 20, 2010. <[]> Rick Riordan. __The Lightning Thief__. New York: Hyperion books, 2006. W.H.D. Rouse. __Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece__. New York: Mentor, 1957.