Hades and Cerberus, his three-headed dog, in the museum of Archeology in Crete.
Image courtesy of Aviad Bublil. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
Pluto
Following the defeat of the Titans by the Jovian gods, Pluto obtained the
kingdom of the underworld. One day, while he was riding through the field of battle, the goddess
Venus had her companion, Cupid, playfully shoot an arrow into the heart of Pluto.
Struck by Cupid's arrow, Pluto fell in love with the first young lady he saw, who
happened to be Persephone. Pluto promptly carried her off into the underworld to be his bride.
Dead souls were escorted to the shores of the River Styx by
Mercury, where they were received by the boatman Charon, who rowed them across the River Styx to Pluto's kingdom.
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