Everybody Is Lying: The Truth About Hades And Persephone

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No one in Greek Mythology is more misunderstood and misinterpreted than Hades, and, subsequently, also his wife Persephone. From wrong depictions of their marriage, to just flat out outrageously wrong depictions of Hades himself… let’s set the record straight: Hades was not evil. In fact, if anyone was the bad guy in Greek Mythology it was Hades’ brothers Zeus and Poseidon. The Greek God of the Underworld was actually a stand-up guy, who was simply tasked with a job that many deemed evil due to its nature: Taking care of the dead. But really… there is nothing evil about Hades, and also his marriage (or rather the start of it) with Persephone is getting dragged to the mud for no reason, so I truly deem Hades the most misunderstood god in all of Greek Mythology, which is why he is the topic of this week’s episode:

Episode 3 Of Keeping Up With The Greek Gods — The Sheep In Wolf’s Clothing: Hades

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Notes
Mythology is a very tough puzzle to piece together, because, let’s face it, these stories are thousands of years old. Now, with Greek Mythology, we are lucky because the Athenians were very keen on documenting everything, but because of their thirst for knowledge and education, they also produced many great storytellers, and with a lot of storytelling comes a lot of embellishing and regional differences, so, over time, we ended up with a bit of variety when it comes to Hades, but a whole lot of variety when it comes to Hades and Persephone. For the sake of this video — and all my videos — I try to streamline these tales as much as possible and leave out some details that might make the videos less fun.
So… is this accurate and well researched? Absolutely. Is this the only interpretation or way of telling you about Hades and Persephone? No, this is my way to tell the story.

Sources:
A lot of people ask me about my sources, and… to be honest, they are a mixed bag. One major source is my lifelong interest in storytelling and mythology. Another is the beautiful endless library that is the internet, and, third, I read the occasional book from time to time, which I’m happy to recommend to you, but also… I’m planning to write my own book on mythology, so, in due time it will be…:
Source? Me. Yay.

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25 thoughts on “Everybody Is Lying: The Truth About Hades And Persephone”

  7. Hades was the Greek satan but he wasn't evil. Absolutely not even. He was one of the most moral of all the Greek gods plus he had a much higher role than being the ruler of the underworld only. He also decided where the Greek souls would go eventually.

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  8. Oh dude! Nope ! Pluton ,That's his name BTW Hades just means unseen in Greek. He had this helmet that made the wearer invisible, and dude loved to wear it! Zeus had to forbid him to wear it on Olympus. Half the drama, was from Pluton going around invisible!
    He got a kick out of terrorising the gods, until he did it to Aphrodite! Bad move! Herself , got pissed and swore By NYX to see him married !
    As usual;, what Herself sets her mind to, herself gets! Who'd you think proposed the three months under, nine months visiting her mother, compromise?
    Married yes, in love definitely! Happy ? Not so much! Mission accomplished!

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  24. Hermes the psychopomp made me cackle so hard, thank you for another episode of "why Greek mythology should be told as is and history is always written by the winners, which isn't exactly accurate!" 😊❤

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