HADES (Roman - Pluto) Hades (also known as Aides) is Zeus' brother and ruler of the Underworld and the dead. He was also called Pluto - God of Wealth - because the precious metals buried deep in the earth were in his kingdom. Another reason that the people called him Pluto is because they did not like to pronounce the dreaded name of Hades or Aides. The name Pluto was used by both the Greeks …showed first 75 words of 1737 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1737 total…heavy rock, practically immovable, over the top of the hill in Tartarus. To make sure that he got the point, the rock was shaped exactly like the one into which Zeus had changed when he hid from Asopus. The bad news was, the rock would roll back over the poor man just as he would get to the top, and he would have to start all over again. Sisyphus was doomed to endure this forever.