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  2. Pirithous - Wikipedia

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    Pirithous (/ ˌ p aɪ ˈ r ɪ θ oʊ. ə s /; Ancient Greek: Πειρίθοος or Πειρίθους, derived from περιθεῖν, perithein, 'to run around' [citation needed]; also transliterated as Perithous), in Greek mythology, was the King of the Lapiths of Larissa in Thessaly, as well as best friend to Theseus.

  3. Hades - Wikipedia

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    Hades (/ ˈ h eɪ d iː z /; Ancient Greek: ᾍδης, romanized: Hā́idēs, Attic Greek: [háːi̯dεːs], later [háːdεːs]), in the ancient Greek religion and mythology, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. [2]

  4. Katabasis - Wikipedia

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    Heracles during his 12th labor, on which occasion he also rescued Theseus; Heracles, to rescue Alcestis from Hades; Orpheus, to rescue Eurydice from Hades; Psyche; Pelops, son of Tantalus [39] Odysseus; Aeneas, to speak to his father in the Aeneid; Theseus and Pirithous try to abduct Persephone; they fail, and only Theseus is rescued by Heracles

  5. Descent of Perithous - Wikipedia

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    In this dialogue, the ghosts were talking about how Theseus and Perithous descended to carry off Persephone, a tale Meleager listened to with disgust. [6] It is also proposed that this fragment belongs to the Minyas , [ 7 ] and the existence of an independent Hesiodic poem on the descent of Theseus and Perithous is complicated by the fact that ...

  6. Theseus - Wikipedia

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    Theseus Defeats the Centaur by Antonio Canova (1804–1819), Kunsthistorisches Museum. Theseus's best friend was Pirithous, king of the Lapiths. Pirithous had heard stories of Theseus's courage and strength in battle but wanted proof so he rustled Theseus's herd of cattle and drove it from Marathon and Theseus set out in

  7. Cerberus - Wikipedia

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    The earliest evidence for the involvement of Theseus and Pirithous in the Cerberus story, is found on a shield-band relief (c. 560 BC) from Olympia, where Theseus and Pirithous (named) are seated together on a chair, arms held out in supplication, while Heracles approaches, about to draw his sword. [50]

  8. Greek underworld - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, the underworld or Hades (Ancient Greek: ᾍδης, romanized: Háidēs) is a distinct realm (one of the three realms that make up the cosmos) where an individual goes after death. The earliest idea of afterlife in Greek myth is that, at the moment of death, an individual's essence ( psyche ) is separated from the corpse and ...

  9. Hades in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Hades appears in the Kingdom Hearts series with a personality based on his appearance in the Disney movie Hercules. James Woods reprises his voice as Hades. Hades appears in Age of Mythology and Age of Empires: Mythologies. Hades plays a major role in Herc's Adventures. Hades is the main antagonist in Kid Icarus: Uprising, voiced by S. Scott ...