Examples of those so punished were Sisyphus who had to forever roll a rock up a hill, Tantalos who could never quench his thirst, Oknos who plaits one end of a rope while a donkey eats the other end, the daughters of Danaus who had to try and fill a sieve with water, and Ixion who was tied to an ever-spinning wheel. The worst-offending souls, those who had offended the gods with their impiety, were condemned to eternal torment. Those souls judged to have led bad lives were put in the hands of the Furies and taken to Tartarus, the lowest level of Hades, to receive punishment for their misdeeds. Souls judged to have led especially good lives were first taken to drink the waters of the River Lethe which made them forget all bad things, and then they were taken to the idyllic Elysian Fields. Traditionally, the three judges of souls were Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Aiakos, themselves noted for their honourable lives. On arrival at the gates of Hades, the final destination of the souls was determined by an assessment of their actions whilst they were alive. There are also accounts of sacrificial practices made in honour of Hades, carried out at night and where the blood of victims was left to seep down into the earth to reach the underworld god. Indeed, even to speak his name was avoided instead epithets were used such as Eubuleus (giving good advice). Perhaps a less prominent protagonist in the tales of mythology than the other Olympian gods, Hades, nevertheless, must have been held in superstitious awe by many ordinary Greeks. Como todo rey, ha de hacer frente a varios intentos de rebelin, conquista y golpes de estado, tanto por parte de otros dioses como de seres monstruosos y gigantes, como la Gigantomaquia y la. La relacin de Zeus con los hombres nos lleva a los mitos del fuego de Prometeo, los sacrificios a los dioses, el de Pandora y la expulsin del paraso, y el diluvio universal, por supuesto comunes a la religin judeocristiana. Zeus received the sky, Poseidon the seas, and Hades the underworld. De todas estas relaciones nacen infinidad de hroes y dioses. Hades The Godįollowing the overthrow of first the Titans and then the Giants by the Olympian gods, Hades drew lots with his brothers Zeus and Poseidon to decide which part of the world each would rule. The god's wife was Persephone whom he abducted to join him in the underworld, and his symbol is a sceptre or cornucopia. Perhaps the most feared of the gods, he is described by both Homer and Hesiod as 'pitiless', 'loathsome', and 'monstrous' Hades. Hades was both the name of the ancient Greek god of the underworld ( Roman name: Pluto) and the name of the shadowy place below the earth which was considered the final destination for the souls of the dead.
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