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Persephone & DemeterPersephone (Proserpina) is reunited for the Spring and Summer with her mother Demeter (Ceres) until each Autumn and Winter, when she must return to her husband Pluto (Hades)
Classical Greek gods allegorisedThe classical Greek gods allegorised. Date: 18th century
The Income Tax Official in Hades by H. M. BatemanA tax man from the Inland Revenue suffering his worst nightmare - locked in a cage suspended over a pile of cheques and money he cannot reach. Cartoon by H. M
Cerberus & HeraklesThe last Labour of Herakles is to descend to the Underworld and capture the three-headed dog Cerberus; he does this, but returns the dog to Hades who needs him as a watchdog
Greece StyxThe river Styx was believed to flow down to Hades, hence the adjective Stygian, beloved of poets, for hellish darkness
Persephone In SohoA side profile portrait sketch of a Roman figure with curly hair, titled Persephone In Soho, who was the goddess queen of the underworld, the wife of Hades, from Greek mythology. Date: circa 1920
God Pluto. Roman sculpture, 2nd century ADSculpture of God Pluto. 2nd century AD. Marble. From the Roman Theatre of Merida (Emerita Augusta), Spain. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida, Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain. Date: 2014
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HADES & DOG / ADLARD HADES & DOG / ADLARDHades, seated in profile with Cerberus his three-headed dog
Herakles - CerberusThe last Labour of Herakles is to descend to the Underworld and capture the three-headed dog Cerberus; he does this, but returns the dog to Hades who needs him as a watchdog
PERSEPHONE (BOISSARD)Persephone (= Proserpina) is abducted by Hades (= Pluto); eventually it is agreed that she will spend half the year down there, returning to Earth for the summer months
Divine Comedy. Eigth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil cross tDivine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Eigth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil cross the river Styx in the boat of Phlegyas
Italy. Florence. Dome of Brunelleschi. Last Judgement, by GiItaly. Florence. Last Judgement frescoes of the Dome of Brunelleschi, by Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) and Zuccari (1572-1579). Detail. Hell
Hades in HellHades - also known as Pluto or Dis - the Ruler of the Underworld, contemplates his domain
Stephen PhillipsSTEPHEN PHILLIPS writer of poems and verse- dramas such as Christ in Hades and The new inferno Date: 1864 - 1915
Ascalaphius into OwlA son of Acheron, he reveals to Zeus that Persephone has eaten pomegranate seeds (thus condemning her to stay with Hades) so she turns him into an owl with Phlegethon water
Persephone / ProserpinaPersephone is abducted by Hades, who takes her in his chariot to the Underworld, where he is the king; but she pines for the sunshine, and he lets her come up half the year
Hades / Dis / PlutoHades (known to the Romans as Dis or Pluto) the God of the underworld, with his three- headed dog Cerberus
Persephone & PlutoSummer turns to Autumn, and to her dismay Persephone (Proserpina) must ride with her husband Pluto (Hades) in his chariot to the underworld until the following Spring
Ceres & the SatyrsMother Ceres (Demeter) asks two satyrs if they have seen her daughter Persephone (Proserpina). But Pluto (Hades) has taken her to the underworld until the Spring
P an-Koan, God of HadesP AN-KOAN the arbiter of life, in the infernal regions
Hades / PlutoThe Ruler of the Underworld contemplates his domain
Classical Myth / RheaMother of the Gods, daughter of Uranus and Gaea, sister/wife of Kronos, mother of Zeus, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, Demeter and Hestia
Persephone AbductedPersephone is abducted by Hades and taken to his underworld kingdom
PERSEPHONEShe is abducted by Hades (Dis)
Sri Lankan HellHell according to the people of Sri Lanka, who name it Calla Sootraya
