However, Hades hasn’t been cut any slack for tricking his love interest Persephone into staying with him in the underworld. He was also pretty fair in his dealings with Hercules who approached him with the intention of capturing his three-headed dog. But his evil image is a far cry from what he was actually like, for he was not as much of a bad guy as we have been led to believe.Ĭontrary to common belief, it was not Hades who was responsible for the redemption of souls but rather the three demigods Minos, Aiakos, and Rhadamanthys would carry out the judgment. However, many Greeks believed him to be the personification of death itself (which he was not) and paid him regular homage because of their superstition. Naturally, ruling over such a gloomy and dismal realm seldom led to a good impression, making him less prominent in Greek mythology. Poseidonįollowing the advent of the age of the Olympian gods, Hades became the ruler of underworld – a place where only the dead could enter (though there were quite a few exceptions to that). Eventually, he was freed from his agony by the powerful demigod Hercules. Zeus punished him for his treachery by chaining him to a rock where an eagle would eat his liver every day (his liver regenerated every night for he was immortal). So when Zeus took away fire from mankind, Prometheus stole it from the heavens and gave it back to the humans. This led him to cross paths with the mighty Zeus time and again since he did not care so much about humans. Once he was done creating mankind, he became rather attached to them, always worried for their welfare. Prometheus was then assigned the task of molding mankind out of clay. Being the god of forethought, he foresaw the defeat of the Titans at the hands of the new Olympian gods and cleverly sided with the Olympians during the battle, thus escaping imprisonment at Tartarus along with the others. His father Iapetus was also a Titan but his mother was an Oceanid. One of the most popular Titan gods, Prometheus is held in high esteem among the great benefactors of mankind. He would harness his four-horse chariot and move the sun across the sky every single day, providing light and life to the earth.īeing a prophetic god, he was a celebrated figure among the oracles, and they established Delphi as a site dedicated to worshiping him. He was considered the god of healing and medicine but when enraged, he would bring about death and despair with his arrows. He was also a skilled archer who could often be seen with a silver bow. He was the god of serenity and music and was often depicted with a lyre. Leto was so overwhelmed with the care she received from the inhabitants of Delos that she promised that Apollo would always favor them and ensure their prosperity, a promise which he went on to honor.Īs mentioned earlier, Apollo has many facets which were rather contradictory. His father was, again, Zeus and he was born to his mother Leto on the island of Delos – the only refuge they could find from an enraged Hera (no surprises there). As he grew older, he became better and better at what he did until he was the best deal maker in the world.The twin brother of Artemis, Apollo was a god with many facets. He could never have fixed all the problems he fixed without trust. He wanted to solve things in a way that would work out best for everyone. But he never told what he knew to hurt anyone. He knew just about everything going on in the mythical world. That would put Hermes in the midst of things all the time, and it would make sure that Hermes was important.īetween fixing problems and carrying messages, Hermes was part of many a myth. Zeus decided to make him the messenger and the deal maker of the gods. He seemed to be able to talk others into just about anything.īoth gods and humans liked and trusted Hermes. Zeus liked having his son Hermes around, even as a baby. Hermes was one of the 12 Olympians, the gods who ruled the magical
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