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MySpace Layouts MySpace Editor Icons Collage MySpace Graphics Photo Collage *****The lord of the dead and ruler of the nether world. When the three sons of Cronus divided the world among each other, I was given the underworld, while my brothers Zeus and Poseidon took the upperworld and the sea respectively. I sit on a throne made of ebony and have a helmet, given to me by the Cyclopes, which can make me invisible. I rule the dead, assisted by various (demonic) helpers, such as Thanatos and Hypnos, the ferryman Charon, and the hound Cerberus. I possess the riches of the earth, and am thus referred to as 'the Rich One' -- and as Sophocles writes -- 'the gloomy Hades enriches himself with our sighs and our tears'. Of all the gods, I am the one who is liked the least and even the gods themselves have an aversion of me. People avoided speaking my name lest they attracted my unwanted attention. With their faces averted they sacrificed black sheep, whose blood they let drip into pits, and bang their hands on the ground.