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And Demeter, since the grain still grew wild together with the other plants and was still unknown to men, was the first to gather it in, to devise how to prepare and preserve it, and to instruct mankind how to sow it. Of these, they say, Hestia discovered how to build houses, and because of this benefaction of hers practically all men have established her shrine in every home, giving her honours and sacrifices. To Cronus and Rhea, we are told, were born Hestia, Demeter, and Hera, and Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. The Romans would also refer to the underworld itself as Dis.ĭiodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Book 5 (trans. They also called him Dis or Dis Pater and Orcus. He was also called “The One Who Carries Away All” and “Zeus of The Underworld.” The Romans called him Pluto, taken from Pluton. His epithets included “The Ruler of Many” or “The Lord of Many Hosts” because he ruled over every person who had ever lived and died. He was called Aidoneus, which means “the unseen one” and Plouton, which means something like, “the wealthy one”, since Hades was lord of all the riches and bounties of the earth (the soil, precious metals and stones). In addition, Hades had many names and epithets that related to his role. As such, he is not one of the twelve Olympian gods, but along with his wife, Persephone, is known as a chthonic god, or a god of the earth. So Hades refers both the god who is ruler of the underworld and to the underworld itself.
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After the Titanomachy and the Gigantomachy, when Zeus became the ruler on Mount Olympus, Hades was allotted control over the underworld, which came to bear his name. Hades was a son of Cronus and Rhea and brother to Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Hestia, and Demeter. Diodorus, Bibliotheca Historica, 5.68-69.