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KRONOS & RHEA (Hesiod Theogony 453, Homer Iliad 15.187, Apollodorus 1.4, Diodorus Siculus 5.68.1, Hyginus Pref) OFFSPRING The Romans named him Dis, or Pluto, the Latin form of his Greek title Plouton, "the Lord of Riches." He was depicted as either Aidoneus, enthroned in the underworld, holding a bird-tipped sceptre, or as Plouton (Pluton), the giver of wealth, pouring fertility from a cornucopia. Haides was depicted as a dark-bearded, regal god. However, since she had tasted of the pomegranate seed, she was forced to return to him for a portion of each year. Zeus was forced to concede lest mankind perish, and the girl was fetched forth from the underworld. When Demeter learned of this, she was furious and caused a great dearth to fall upon the earth until her daughter was returned. However, knowing that the goddess would resist the marriage, he assented to the forceful abduction of the girl.

The god offered him Persephone, the daughter of Demeter. Haides desired a bride and petitioned his brother Zeus to grant him one of his daughters. When the three victorious brothers then drew lots for the division of the cosmos, Haides received the third portion, the dark dismal realm of the underworld, as his domain.

Zeus later caused the Titan to disgorge them, and together they drove the Titan gods from heaven and locked them away in the pit of Tartaros. Haides was devoured by Kronos (Cronus) as soon as he was born, along with four of his siblings.

Haides was also the god of the hidden wealth of the earth, from the fertile soil with nourished the seed-grain, to the mined wealth of gold, silver and other metals. He presided over funeral rites and defended the right of the dead to due burial. HAIDES (Hades) was the king of the underworld and god of the dead. Pluto, Dis Hades and Persephone, Apulian red-figure amphora C4th B.C., British Museum