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Thanatos – Mythopedia Thanatos was the Greek god or daemon who personified death A deity without a cult, he was usually met with dread or even hatred The poet Hesiod described him as having a heart of iron, and his spirit within him is pitiless as bronze: whomever of men he has once seized he holds fast: and he is hateful even to the deathless gods [2]
Hades – Mythopedia Hades was a fearsome Greek god and ruler of the Underworld So dreaded by the Greeks that they didn’t dare speak his name, his most famous act was abducting Persephone, goddess of springtime
Asclepius – Mythopedia Asclepius, son of Apollo, was a physician so skilled that he could even heal the dead Killed by the gods, Asclepius ultimately became a god himself
Greek Underworld Gods – Mythopedia The Greek Underworld gods comprised the various deities associated with death and the afterlife Perhaps the most important of these gods were Hades and Persephone, the king and queen of the Underworld
Sisyphus – Mythopedia Sisyphus was a Greek king famous for his cunning He was so clever, in fact, that he managed to cheat Death himself and live a longer life than the gods had intended But this later backfired: his actions angered the gods, and when he finally did die, he was forced to suffer eternal punishment in Tartarus
Adonis – Mythopedia Adonis was a young man so handsome that he earned the affections of Aphrodite, the goddess of love herself His myth ended tragically when he was slain by a boar while hunting
Cerberus – Mythopedia Cerberus, the terror-inspiring offspring of the primordial monsters Typhoeus and Echidna, was the guard dog of the Greek Underworld In most literary and artistic representations, Cerberus had three heads and a mane of snakes
Orion – Mythopedia Orion was a mortal hunter of remarkable size and strength, as well as a highly prolific lover The myths surrounding Orion were often contradictory, though most sources agree he was killed by a god (usually Artemis or Gaia) due to his violent and insolent tendencies He was turned into a constellation after his death
Lycurgus – Mythopedia Family Lycurgus was the son of Dryas, a figure who is otherwise unknown in Greek mythology [12] There was an alternative genealogy, however, in which Lycurgus’ father was said to be Ares, the Greek god of war [13] The Death of Pentheus by Antonio Tempesta and Wilhelm Janson (1606) Los Angeles County Museum of Art Public Domain Lycurgus had a wife and at least one child, both of whom played
Hyacinthus – Mythopedia Hyacinthus was a beautiful Spartan prince who was loved by the god Apollo When Apollo accidentally killed his young lover with an errant discus throw, he turned his blood into the hyacinth flower