Conclusion

Hades is a god that deals with a number of complex questions when tackling Greek religion. He is a god that can categorise as a personification of the underworld, Zeus himself and sometimes considered to take the role within the chthonian gods.  Thus I think that we never truly know where to place Hades, he is a Greek god who has been transformed from the keeper of the souls into what Christians would view as the devil.  Hades is a god that cannot be placed between the Olympian’s and the chthonian’. His relevance to the gods seems to be overlooked in relation to the other gods when he interlinks with majority of the gods themselves.  Our new age religions have changed our views and perceptions of a god who was of importance to the Greeks with their rituals with burials of the dead. Hades may not be Zeus, he may not be an Olympian deity but his importance and relevance throughout Greek religion continues to be of an importance to how we view the religious aspects of death and burial. However this seems to be lost at points when we look at the aspects of tackling the religious aspects of the Ancient Greek world because of our own beliefs to get a true picture of Hades we must put our own views and ideals aside. By doing so, we would see a god who had control of his own realm who is of great relevance to Ancient Greek Religion.

 

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