Hades
Hades is the god of the underworld. He is also known as Pluto,
Plouton, Dis (Roman), and Aidoneus. His attributes in iconography are the
cornucopia and the sceptre.
Images
1. Athena, Herakles, Cerberus, Hades, Persephone in Underworld: Image,
Leagros Group, 520 BC
2. Hades and Persephone: Large image, Locri,
votive relief, ca 480 BC.
3. Hades and Persephone: Image ca 460-450 BC.
4. Persephone and Hades: Large image, mid 4th
century BC.
5. The Rape of Persephone: Large image ,Vergina,
tomb, ca 350 BC.
Later Representations in Art
1. Pluto: Large image, Carracci, Agostino, 1592.
2. The Rape of Proserpine: Large image, Rubens,
Peter Paul, 1619-1620
3. Pluto and Proserpine: Large image, Bernini,
Gian Lorenzo, 1621-1622.
4. Pluto abducting Proserpine: Large image, Girardon,
Francois, ca 1693-1710.
5. The Abduction of Perserpine: Image, Boucher,
Francois, 1769.
6. Persephone, Image, Thomas Hart Benton,
1938.
7. Pluto and Proserpina, Bernini, Gianlorenzo, 1621-22. Image 1.,
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