Hades was the god of the dead and the king of the underworld in ancient Greek religion and mythology. He was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, and he and his brothers, Zeus and Poseidon, defeated their fathers generation of gods, the Titans, and claimed joint rulership over the cosmos. Hades received the underworld, Zeus the sky, and Poseidon the sea, with the solid earth available to all three concurrently. Hades was married to Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, and he presided over funeral rites and defended the rights of the dead. In artistic depictions, Hades