Before you step into the world of Hadestown, it helps to know that this Tony-winning musical isn’t just a love story—it’s a retelling of ancient Greek myths, reimagined with a soulful, folk ...

In Greek mythology, Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and the harvest goddess Demeter, was carried off to the underworld by Hades to reign as his queen. (She eventually worked out a deal to split ...

If you know your mythology, you’re already familiar with Pluto’s spooktacular namesake; the lovable dwarf planet is named after the Roman god of the underworld, also known as Hades in Greek ...