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How did Hades become the god of the underworld?

Retry Correct Incorrect Hades and his brothers, Zeus and Poseidon, defeated their father Cronus and the rest of the Titans for rulership over the cosmos. Afterward Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon decided to split their rule. Hades got the underworld, Zeus got the sky, and Poseidon got the sea.

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How did Hades become the god of the underworld?

• He was born into it
• He was punished for kidnapping Persephone
• Zeus banished him from Mount Olympus
• He received it after splitting the cosmos with his brothers