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Hades

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name/ˈheɪdiːz//ˈhadiːz/
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.Greek

    • I have just returned from a visit to Hades, and I had a devilishly good time. […] To the ancients, Hades was the great underworld on the River Styx described so graphically by Homer in the “Odyssey.” Even today, visitors follow the same dir
  3. 3

    In the Septuagint Bible, the Greek translation of Sheol.

  4. 4

    Hell.

  5. 5

    Hell.; Hell as a waiting place for damned souls before the Last Judgement, after which they may be cast in Gehenna.specifically

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