Apollodorus: Hades

Myth(s)Myth of Persephone; Cosmogony of the Underworld
Primary SettingUnderworld
ThemesAbduction, Katabasis and Anabasis, Delineation of Cosmic Space, Divine Domains (Heroic and Divine timê), Mythological Geography of Underworld, Death and Marriage, Sexuality, Consumption
Recommended Primary SourcesHomeric Hymn to Demeter, Apollodorus’ Library, Ovid’s Metamorphoses (Myth of Persephone), Hesiod’s Theogony (Cosmogony and Underworld), Orphic Hymns, Ps.Aeschylus’ Sisyphus The Runaway
Pedagogical Resources
Additional MythKing Arthur, Guan Yu, Gilgamesh, Lucifer, Beowulf, Rama
Comparative GamePersephoneAP,PAIZ
Paizomen EntryHades
See also

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