This name was also used by the Romans, who amalgamated Hades with their own original god of the underworld, Dis Pater. Unlike many of his siblings, such as Zeus or Demeter, Hades had no widespread ...

Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the Goddess of the harvest, and lived with her mother on the Island of Sicily. A volcano on the island erupted and Hades emerged from his underworld kingdom.