
Hades was the ancient Greek god of the underworld.
Eventually, the god's name came to designate the abode of the dead. In Greek
mythology, Hades is the oldest male child of Cronus and Rhea considering the
order of birth from the mother, or the youngest, considering the regurgitation
by the father. The latter view is attested in Poseidon's speech in the Iliad.
According to myth, he and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon defeated the Titans
and claimed ruler ship over the cosmos, ruling the underworld, air, and sea,
respectively; the solid earth, long the province of Gaia, was available to all
three concurrently.
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