Following the defeat of the Titans by the Jovian Gods, Pluto was given the Kingdom of the Underworld. One day while he was riding through the field of battle the Goddess Venus had her companion, Cupid, playfully shoot an arrow into the heart of Pluto.

Struck by Cupids arrow, Pluto fell in love with the first woman he saw, who happened to be Persephone, and carried her off into the underworld to be his bride.

Dead souls were escorted to the shores of the river Styx by Mercury where the boatman Charon rowed them across the river to Pluto's Kingdom. Many characters throughout mythology crossed the path of Pluto but Ulysses was the only one to successfully take the trip to Hades and return to earth.