Hádēs through the eyes of sculptors, painters, and craftsmen across the ages
Hades — Attic black-figure, c. 550 BCE. The unseen king, rarely depicted, for mortals feared to speak his name.
Hades and Persephone — Attic red-figure, c. 430 BCE. The king and queen of the dead, enthroned in shadows.
.jpg/960px-Serapis%2C%20with%20a%20modius%20on%20the%20head%2C%20depicted%20as%20Pluto%2C%20next%20to%20him%20is%20standing%20the%20three%20headed%20dog%20Cerberus%2C%20guardian%20of%20the%20Hades%2C%20from%20the%20Roman%20Villa%20of%20Chiragan%2C%20Mus%C3%A9e%20des%20Antiques%20de%20Toulouse%20(16353062906).webp)
Pluto with Cerberus — Roman sculpture from the Villa of Chiragan, Musée Saint-Raymond, Toulouse. Hades as Serapis-Pluto, guardian of the dead, with his three-headed hound.
Cerberus — Attic black-figure, c. 525 BCE. The hound of Hades, three-headed guardian of the threshold.
The Nekyia — Odysseus summons spirits in Hades. The underworld as the Greeks imagined it.
The Rape of Persephone — The moment the underworld gained its queen, and the world gained winter.
