Haides was depicted as a dark-bearded, regal god. He was depicted as either Aidoneus, enthroned in the underworld, holding a bird-tipped sceptre, or as Plouton (Pluton), the giver of wealth, pouring fertility from a cornucopia.

Are Aidoneus and Hades the same?

Eusebius calls the wife of Aidoneus a daughter of queen Demeter, with whom he had eloped. … Thus, the story of Aidoneus is the legend of Hades’ kidnapping of Persephone, in the form of a real-world history, and is undoubtedly the work of a late interpreter of ancient myths.

Does Hades have another name?

Hades, Greek Aïdes (“the Unseen”), also called Pluto or Pluton (“the Wealthy One” or “the Giver of Wealth”), in ancient Greek religion, god of the underworld.