Poseidon is more powerful than Hades.

1. I apologize if you mistook my comment (I assume you refer to my comment referring to the existence of the gods) as anger. 2. Poseidon does have great power at sea. However, all of power power is not directly tied to it. Poseidon could draw water from underground aquifers causing the ground to fall. Also he is god of earthquakes, which would be very handy against Hades, and admittedly weak against Zeus, if you fight in their respective domains. 3. A minor point, but Hades is in the Greek equivalent of the Roman God Pluto. You casually combined Greek and Roman mythology. Why can I not mix Judeo-Christianity and Greek mythology. Hades rules the underworld. Satan rules Hell, generally imagined as being underground. Equating them with each other is not that big of a leap. Besides, that was supposed to be joke, and an incredibly minor point in any case. To clear up some confusion, there is no Greek Heaven. There is the afterlife, which is spent in the underworld. The underworld is ruled by Hades, and there are multiple parts to it. Both great men and sinners are sent to the underworld. However heroes reside in Elysium, a sudivision of the underworld. Neutral souls, those which have done neither great good nor great evil are sent to the Asphodel Meadows. The damned are sent to the pits of Tartarus. Each is part of the Underworld and part of Hades domain. The Heaven I believe you refer to is actually just the sky. You may also be referring to Mount Olympus, where the Gods reside. For this scenario, we can be any where, any place, any time. In my brief scenario, I chose the gates of the Underworld, specifically just outside of them. Remember, Poseidon does not necessarily have to be physically present to send an earthquake or affect the waters. Poseidon could engineer a distance victory. I like where you are going with the taunting though. The invisibility has already been countered in my scenario. How could you prevent Poseidon from engineering a similar situation to counter his methods? I think, being God of the Underworld, and admitted kidnapper (Persephone, remember?), you should get a lit dark and villainous. Maybe you could kidnap Poseidon's and hold her hostage. If Poseidon doesn't acknowledge defeat, then she gets the knife. Being immortal, Hades could give her the knife for a few thousand years. Remember. These are Gods. They can't be killed. They have to be outwitted. Or trapped. Which essentially means outwitted. If you are going to go with that hostage plan, just remember that Poseidon is a cruel god and probably doesn't much care for his wife. He has multiple infidelities and numerous rapes to his name. (Medusa-raped, also raped his sister Demeter, in the form of a stallion while she was a mare [1], giant list of infidelities and possible rapes [2]. Maybe go with his son. He almost destroyed Odysseus for just blinding his son, the Cyclops. He didn't even have anything to really be proud of in that case. The guy took care of sheep. Just imagine what he would do for Perseus, who defeated Medusa and slew a giant sea creature sent to kill Andromeda[3]. Of course you have to remember that Poseidon might have fond memories of Medusa and Poseidon actually sent the sea creature to kill Andromeda, but you get the idea. I will admit that I left my earlier scenario a little early. I stopped at Poseidon piercing the heart of Hades. There is absolutely no proof that that would or should be considered a victory. Remember, Even if Poseidon lost, close quarters, he could still fight long distance. He could have destroyed the Underworld, forcing Hades to meet him on Poseidon's home turf. For my purposes I'll stick with the Gates of Tartarus, and assume that Poseidon didn't destroy the Underworld. Poseidon is just outside the underworld. This means that he is on "neutral" grounds.{1} Poseidon and Hades meet, and a ref (lets say Zeus) manages the bout. Time period- the year 2011. Ding, Ding, Ding!!!! The fight begins. Poseidon begins with a slow left jab to test Hades' defenses. Hades blocks with ease and sends out a lightening quick jab, his fist moving so quickly that the friction against air literally creates flames. Poseidon is hit!! His head is knocked back. As he slowly straightens up, He shakes his head, blood slowly dripping out of his mouth. "You shouldn't have done that big brother", Poseidon says with fire in his eyes. ""The bout was meant to be friendly and you know it." Even as he says this, he holds out his right hand, summoning his trusty trident. Hades' eyes widen, knowing that defeat is merely a matter of time. "Come on, Possy," Hades taunts Poseidon. He doesn't know why he does it. Maybe he'll make a mistake. No. Hades knows better. Hades just can't control his reflexes. His taunt came completely by accident. Even as the words left his mouth, he flinched. "I mean Poseidon. You know I didn't mean anything by it," Hades tries to calm his brother, slowly backing up. "Too late to make excuses, Hades. You're finished," Poseidon states. Posdeidon lifts his trident, aiming carefully. He had never tested his trident against an Olympian before, but it had never failed him before. Hades, realizing that he had gone to far by drawing blood, quickly put on his Helm of Darkness and hightailed it out of there. He summoned up a shade to inform Poseidon and Zeus of his immediate withdrawal from the bout. Poseidon Wins again!!! And yea, that may be incredibly unlikely, but it's still fun, isn't it? Thanks for accepting, even though you don't seem to be having quite as much fun as me :) Last round, make it count!! {1}In mythology, Hades->underworld, Poseidon->Seas, Zeus->Skies, Neutral/Jointly ruled-> land above the ground. This was in my original scenario though not bluntly stated. This is as it should be in a "fair" bout, which no real fight should be. I realize my sources are Wikipedia, but the topics are not controversial, and so rather unlikely to be biased. Also, each page is rather well documented. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org... [3] http://en.wikipedia.org...