Was Hades loyal?

Hades: The Most Loyal Greek God
Whilst Zeus and Poseidon – Hades' brothers – are widely known for their affairs, Hades remained loyal to Persephone. However, there are two cases in which Hades' loyalty is questioned: Minthe and Leuce.
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Did Hades cheat on his wife?

Hades did not make any of his extramarital affairs a secret. Typically, his affairs would not bother Persephone, but when Minthe arrogantly bragged that she was more beautiful than Persephone and that she would win Hades back, Persephone took revenge. Persephone turned Minthe into what we know today as the mint plant.
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Is Hades a good guy?

Despite modern connotations of death as evil, Hades was actually more altruistically inclined in mythology. Hades was portrayed as passive and never portrayed negatively; his role was often maintaining relative balance.
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Does Hades have a lover?

Hades, god of the Underworld, fell in love with Persephone and wanted her as his bride. His brother Zeus consented to the marriage—or at least refused to oppose it. Yet he warned Hades that Demeter would never approve this coupling, for she would not want her daughter spirited off to a sunless world.
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Who did Hades truly love?

According to mythology, Hades, god of the Underworld, fell in love with beautiful Persephone when he saw her picking flowers one day in a meadow. The god then carried her off in his chariot to live with him in the dark Underworld.
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Hades and Persephone: The Abduction Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld - Greek Mythology



Who was the ugliest god?

Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly.
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Does Persephone actually like Hades?

Some say Persephone grew to love Hades

It seems hard to imagine she would fall in love with her kidnapper. But in many stories Hades treated Persephone like the queen she was, doting on her day and night and allowing her to flourish.
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Did Zeus seduce Persephone?

Persephone was seduced by Zeus when he took the shape of her abductor/husband, Hades. Kallisto of Arkadia (southern Greece) was seduced by Zeus in the form of Artemis. In anger, Artemis transformed her into a bear, and she bore a son, Arkas.
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Is Persephone good or evil?

Persephone is the main antagonist of God of War: Chains of Olympus. She is the ancient Greek Goddess of Spring and Innocence who was cursed to be both the wife of Hades and the Goddess of the Underworld.
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Why did Zeus let Hades take Persephone?

Because Hades had deceivingly tricked the young Persephone into eating the pomegranate, he was commanded to allow Persephone to visit her poor mother above his domain. In return, Zeus promised a binding deal that allowed Hades to have Persephone a month for each seed she had eaten.
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Who is the most faithful Greek god?

Hades: The Most Loyal Greek God

Whilst Zeus and Poseidon – Hades' brothers – are widely known for their affairs, Hades remained loyal to Persephone.
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Who is the most evil Greek god?

Moros, the god of doom

Moros is the son of Nyx, the goddess of the night, and Erebos, the god of darkness. He was the god of doom, and one of the adjectives attributed to him was 'hateful'. Moros had the ability to make mortals foresee their death. He also is the one to drive people to perdition.
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Is Hades stronger than Zeus?

Even though Hades is more powerful, that doesn't mean he has to be king. Look at Poseidon. He's more powerful than Zeus and more likable, but he isn't king either. Zeus is better at ruling than Poseidon and Hades.
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Did Persephone love Hades or Adonis?

However, Persephone, too, fell dearly in love with Adonis and refused to give him up when Aphrodite came for him. There was a bitter argument and Zeus had to intervene to prevent a disastrous argument between the two.
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Who were Zeus's lovers?

Zeus Lover's
  • Europa.
  • Io.
  • Semele.
  • Ganymede.
  • Callisto.
  • Dione.
  • Persephone.
  • Nemesis.
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How many times did Zeus cheat on his wife?

Since the PJO series, many hate Hera. Zeus has cheated on Hera over a hundred times.
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Is Persephone more powerful than Zeus?

Powers. As the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, as well as the Queen of the Underworld, Persephone is extremely powerful, more so than a celestial god.
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What crime did Persephone commit?

Persephone was raped by her father, Zeus, twice, and bore two kids by him. The name Persephone is thought to mean "destroy" and "murder." Persephone is the goddess of the spring season.
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Is Persephone a badass?

While my love of Greek mythology—and mythology in general—is a personal bias, Persephone is a strong, kickass female no matter what, and she should be represented more in modern literature and entertainment.
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Why does Persephone's hair grow?

She's capable of creating life in Tartarus, where nothing is meant to live. Persephone's hair can grow to great lengths depending on her emotional state. Once cut, the strands burst into petals. In times of stress or great emotion, a flower crown (or a crown of red thorns if angry) will materialize on her head.
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Did Hades marry his niece?

Yes, Hades was married to his niece, Persephone. Persephone's mother was the goddess Demeter. Demeter and Hades were siblings.
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How old was Hades when he married Persephone?

Hear me out. He's 2000 years old canonically and Persephone is 19. Barely an adult.
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Who is the god of poop?

Sterculius, the Roman God of Feces.
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Who is the god of stupidity?

In Greek mythology, Koalemos (Ancient Greek: Κοάλεμος) was the god of stupidity, mentioned once by Aristophanes, and being found also in Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Coalemus is the Latin spelling of the name.
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