Definitions for hades
ˈheɪ dizhades

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Pluto, Hades, Aides, Aidoneusnoun

   (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone

2. Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworldnoun

   (religion) the world of the dead

   "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis

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1. Hadesnoun

   The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother to Zeus, Poseidon

2. Hadesnoun

   the underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god

3. Hadesnoun

   In the Septuagint Bible, the Greek translation of Sheol

4. Hadesnoun

   Hell

5. Etymology: From ᾍδης.

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1. Hades

   Hades (; Greek: ᾍδης, translit. Háidēs; Ἅιδης, Háidēs), in the ancient Greek religion and myth, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although this also made him the last son to be regurgitated by his father. He and his brothers, Zeus and Poseidon, defeated their father's generation of gods, the Titans, and claimed rulership over the cosmos. Hades received the underworld, Zeus the sky, and Poseidon the sea, with the solid earth, long the province of Gaia, available to all three concurrently. In artistic depictions, Hades is typically portrayed holding a bident and wearing his helm with Cerberus, the three-headed guard dog of the underworld, standing to his side. The Etruscan god Aita and the Roman gods Dis Pater and Orcus were eventually taken as equivalent to Hades and merged into Pluto, a Latinisation of Plouton (Greek: Πλούτων, translit. Ploútōn), itself a euphemistic title often given to Hades.

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1. hades

   Hades is a term originating from Greek mythology and can refer to three things: 1. Hades, the god of the underworld and the dead, who is also the brother of Zeus and Poseidon. 2. Hades, the name of the underworld itself, where the souls of the deceased go after death. 3. Hades can also refer to the concept of the afterlife or realm of the dead in Greek mythology. In modern usage, Hades is often used synonymously with 'Hell' or 'underworld' in various contexts.

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1. Hadesnoun

   the nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave

2. Etymology: [Gr. "a`,dhs, "A'idhs; 'a priv. + 'idei^n to see. Cf. Un-, Wit.]

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1. Hades

   Hades was the ancient Greek god of the underworld. Eventually, the god's name came to designate the abode of the dead. In Greek mythology, Hades is the oldest male child of Cronus and Rhea considering the order of birth from the mother, or the youngest, considering the regurgitation by the father. The latter view is attested in Poseidon's speech in the Iliad. According to myth, he and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon defeated the Titans and claimed rulership over the cosmos, ruling the underworld, air, and sea, respectively; the solid earth, long the province of Gaia, was available to all three concurrently. Later the Greeks started referring to the god as Plouton, which the Romans Latinized as Pluto. The Romans would associate Hades/Pluto with their own chthonic gods, Dis Pater and Orcus. The corresponding Etruscan god was Aita. He is often pictured with the three-headed dog Cerberus. In the later mythological tradition, though not in antiquity, he is associated with the Helm of Darkness and the bident. The term hades in Christian theology is parallel to Hebrew sheol, and refers to the abode of the dead. The Christian concept of hell is more akin to and communicated by the Greek concept of Tartarus, a deep, gloomy part of hades used as a dungeon of torment and suffering.

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1. Hades

   hā′dēz, n. the unseen world: the abode of the dead indefinitely, hell. [Gr. haidēs, hadēs, dubiously derived from a, neg., and idein, to see.]

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1. Hades

   the dark abode of the shades of the dead in the nether world, the entrance into which, on the confines of the Western Ocean, is unvisited by a single ray of the sun; originally the god of the nether world, and a synonym of Pluto (q. v.).

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1. Hades

   (Ha′des). The Greek name of Pluto, the god of hell, the word signifying hidden, dark, and gloomy; the underworld, or infernal regions; sometimes written.

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1. • Imaginary Place
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Anagrams for hades »

1. ashed

2. heads

3. shade

4. deash

5. sadhe

How to pronounce hades?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hades in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hades in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of hades in a Sentence

1. Anaxagoras:

   The descent to Hades is the same from every place.

2. Homer:

   Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.

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