All about Hades
Although Hades is an Olympian god, he is the Lord of the Underworld and ruler of the dead. Hades is not the god of death. Hades rules those given proper funeral rites and brought over to the other side by Charon. Hades complained about Apollo's son, the healer Aesculapius because he restored people to life, thereby reducing Hades' dominions. Hades inflicted Thebes with plague probably because they weren't burying the slain and therefore were denying bodies for Hades to have dominion over. The name Hades is generally applied to the realm of the Underworld. He is also the god of wealth, due to the precious metals mined from the earth. He has a helmet that makes him invisable. He rarely leaves the underworld. His wife is Persephone whom Hades abducted.