Pluto or Hades: the god of the underworld with cerberus 20x17.5cm Veronese Bronze Electrolysis Full Body Statue

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Ancient Greek religion and myth, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. Hades or Pluto was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although this also made him the last son to be regurgitated by his father. From the Cyclops for the Titanomachy, Zeus received the thunderbolt, Poseidon a trident and Pluto a helmet that made anyone who wore it invisible. The war lasted 10 years and after the victory, they claimed rulership over the cosmos. By lot, Jupiter took over the sky and ruled over everything, Poseidon over the seas and every liquid element, while Pluto took over the underworld, the invisible kingdom to which the dead go. Hades obtained his wife and queen, Persephone, through abduction at the behest of Zeus. The only living people who dared to enter the Underworld and return were: Hercules, Orpheus, Theseus, Odysseus and Aeneas. In artistic depictions, Hades is typically portrayed holding a bident and wearing his helm with Cerberus standing to his side. Cerberus was usually described as a dog having three heads, a serpent for a tail, and snakes protruding from multiple parts of his body, that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving.

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